Main Entry: in·flame

Variant(s): also en·flame \in-ˈflām\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): in·flamed also en·flamed; in·flam·ing also en·flam·ing

Etymology: Middle English enflamen, from Anglo-French enflamer, from Latin inflammare, from in- + flamma flame

Date: 14th century

transitive verb 1 a : to excite to excessive or uncontrollable action or feeling; especially : to make angry b : to make more heated or violent : intensify <insults served only to inflame the feud>
2 : to set on fire : kindle
3 : to cause to redden or grow hot from anger or excitement <a face inflamed with passion>
4 : to cause inflammation in (bodily tissue)intransitive verb 1 : to burst into flame
2 : to become excited or angered
3 : to become affected with inflammation

— in·flam·er noun