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combust en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kəmˈbʌst/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Latin combustus Middle French combustbor. English combust From Middle English combust (“burnt”), from Middle French combust, from Latin combustus, the perfect passive participle of Latin combūrere (“to burn up, to burn away”, transitive), whence also English combure. The verb was originally transitive.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Burnt.
2. In close conjunction with the sun (so that its astrological influence is "burnt up"), sometimes specified to be within 8 degrees 30'.
   • Who can discern those planets that are oft Combust, and those stars of brightest magnitude that rise and set with the Sun, untill the opposite motion of their orbs bring them to such a place in the firmament, where they may be seen evning or morning. 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
   • Guianerius had a patient could make Latin verses when the moon was combust, otherwise illiterate. , I.iii.1.3

Forms

Translations (3)

frm combust (burnt) · frm bruslé (burnt) · la combustus (burnt)

combust en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Latin combustus Middle French combustbor. English combust From Middle English combust (“burnt”), from Middle French combust, from Latin combustus, the perfect passive participle of Latin combūrere (“to burn up, to burn away”, transitive), whence also English combure. The verb was originally transitive.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) That which undergoes burning.

Relateds

combustive · combustor · uncombustible · combustibility · incombustible · incombustibility · comburent · combustible · combustion · noncombustible · combure

combust en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /kəmˈbʌst/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin combustus Middle French combustbor. English combust From Middle English combust (“burnt”), from Middle French combust, from Latin combustus, the perfect passive participle of Latin combūrere (“to burn up, to burn away”, transitive), whence also English combure. The verb was originally transitive.

Meanings

1. (dated, transitive) To burn up, to burn away, to consume with fire.
   • […] by combusting the steel in drillings in pure oxygen […] 1895, Steel Works Analysis, page 16:
   • But if it be combuſted or burnt, it leaveth very much fixed Salt in its own aſhes. 1662, Oriatrike, or, Physick Refined, page 183:
   • […] and combusted the paper in a closed flask in an O₂ atmosphere (see Fig. 2). 1968, Biological Effects of Transmutation, page 32:
   • […] and the latter built bonfires and combusted the royal effigy in the uncommunicative confines of their rearward premises. 1898, Comic History of Greece, page 194:
2. (intransitive) To burn, to be consumed by fire; to catch fire.
   • Brom swore after that he spoke only the truth, the truth that as he sat by my side praying for my soul, my body had combusted into flame, the fire rapidly engulfing my entire being. 2014, Adelais Selwyn, Eadric, volume 1:
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To burn, to be consumed by fire; to catch fire. ▸ To erupt with enthusiasm or boisterousness.
   • The audience combusts. 2012, Oliver Burkeman, The Antidote, Happiness for People who Can't Stand Positive Thinking, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

combuster · spontaneously combust

Synonyms

go up in smoke · go up · go up · go up in flames · torch · torch · spunk · burn away · incinerate · combust · forburn · fire · light · char up · burn to a crisp · combust · ignite · combure · outburn · catch fire · fire · catch on fire · burn · combust · burn down · combust · conflagrate · forburn · go up in flames · take fire · forsweal · catch fire · catch on fire · cremate · take fire · light · outburn · torch · forburn · combust · scathe · go up in smoke · go up · burn up · burn · spunk · go up · combure · conflagrate · burn · ignite · cinder

Translations (19)

fa بسوزم (burn, be consumed by fire; catch fire — see also burn, catch fire) · la combūrō (burn up, burn away, consume with fire — see also incinerate) · de in Flammen aufgehen (burn, be consumed by fire; catch fire — see also burn, catch fire) · as জলা (burn, be consumed by fire; catch fire — see also burn, catch fire) · de verbrennen (burn up, burn away, consume with fire — see also incinerate) · de verbrennen (burn, be consumed by fire; catch fire — see also burn, catch fire) · fi palaa (burn, be consumed by fire; catch fire — see also burn, catch fire) · pl zapłonąć (burn, be consumed by fire; catch fire — see also burn, catch fire) · fi syttyä (burn, be consumed by fire; catch fire — see also burn, catch fire) · as জ্বলা (burn, be consumed by fire; catch fire — see also burn, catch fire) · fr comburer (burn up, burn away, consume with fire — see also incinerate) · es combustionar (burn, be consumed by fire; catch fire — see also burn, catch fire) · frm comburir (burn up, burn away, consume with fire — see also incinerate) · bg изгарям (burn, be consumed by fire; catch fire — see also burn, catch fire) · mi ngiha (burn, be consumed by fire; catch fire — see also burn, catch fire) · mi ngingiha (burn, be consumed by fire; catch fire — see also burn, catch fire) · bg запалвам (burn, be consumed by fire; catch fire — see also burn, catch fire) · fa آتش گرفتن (burn, be consumed by fire; catch fire — see also burn, catch fire) · pl zapalić się (burn, be consumed by fire; catch fire — see also burn, catch fire)