v.
Variant: also en · flame
Pronunciation: in- ' fl ā m
Function: verb
Inflected Form: 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