To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.
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To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.
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To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.
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To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.
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Burnt; consumed.
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Burnt; consumed.
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To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…
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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
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To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.
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Burnt; consumed.
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To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.
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Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
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To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.
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To call out; to summon forth.
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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
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To bring forth young.
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To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…
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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.
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To leap; to jump.
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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…
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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
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To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.
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That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.
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To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
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To bring forth young.
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That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.
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Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.
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Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.
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The act of disharging firearms.
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The act of disharging firearms.
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Capable of being ignited.
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Capable of being ignited.
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The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire.
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The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire.
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One who, or that which, produces ignition; especially, a contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like.
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One who, or that which, produces ignition; especially, a contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like.
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of Inflame
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of Inflame
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The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.
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The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.
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Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.
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Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.
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That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.
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That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.
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One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.
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One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.
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To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.
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Burnt; consumed.
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Burnt; consumed.
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To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.
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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
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A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire…
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To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
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That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.
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The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.
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