WARM

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wearm; akin to Old High German ~ ~ and probably to Lithuanian virti to cook, boil Date: before 12th century 1. having or giving out heat to a moderate or adequate degree , serving to maintain or preserve heat especially to a satisfactory degree , feeling or causing sensations of heat brought about by strenuous exertion, comfortably established ; secure , 3. marked by strong feeling ; ardent , marked by excitement, disagreement, or anger , marked by or readily showing affection, gratitude, cordiality, or sympathy , emphasizing or exploiting sexual imagery or incidents, accompanied or marked by extreme danger or duress, newly made ; fresh , having the color or tone of something that imparts heat, near to a goal, object, or solution sought , ~ish adjective ~ness noun II. verb Date: before 12th century transitive verb to make ~, 2. to infuse with a feeling of love, friendship, well-being, or pleasure, to fill with anger, zeal, or passion, to reheat (cooked food) for eating, to make ready for operation or performance by preliminary exercise or operation, intransitive verb to become ~, 2. to become ardent, interested, or receptive, to become filled with affection or love, to experience feelings of pleasure ; bask , to become ready for operation or performance by preliminary activity, III. adverb Date: before 12th century ~ly