Inflame

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To Exaggerate; to enlarge upon.

II. Inflame ·vi To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.

III. Inflame ·vt To set on fire; to Kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

IV. Inflame ·vt To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork.

V. Inflame ·vt Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire.

VI. Inflame ·vt To provoke to anger or rage; to Exasperate; to Irritate; to Incense; to Enrage.