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enflame en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪn-/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɛnˈfleɪm/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

A variant of inflame; by surface analysis, en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’) + flame.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, archaic) Archaic spelling of inflame.
   alt of inflame
   • [T]he vvhole Kingdome vvas then enflamed vvith Bonefires of Gods Saints, there vvas Fire in the Center, Fire all about the Circũference [circumference], Fire at home, Fire abroad; Fire in her priuate Chamber, Fire all ouer the vvhole Kingdome; […] 1631, Tho[mas] Heywood, “[La[dy] Elizabeth almost Burned in Her Bed]”, in Englands Elizabeth: Her Life and Trovbles, during Her Minoritie from the Cradle to the Crowne. […], London: […] Iohn Beale, for Philip Waterhovse; […], →OCLC, page 167:
   • Novv keep your holy vvord, go meet the French, / And from his holineſſe vſe all your povver / To ſtop their marches 'fore vve are enflam'd: / Our diſcontented Counties doe reuolt: / Our people quarrell vvith obedience, / Svvearing allegiance, and the loue of ſoule / To ſtranger-bloud, to forren Royalty; […] c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 18, column 1:
   • As you ſay, vve paſſengers are to be taxed to pay all theſe fineries. I have often ſeen a good ſideboard, or a marble chimney-piece, tho' not actually put in the bill, enflame a reckoning confoundedly. 1773, [Oliver] Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer: Or, The Mistakes of a Night. A Comedy. […], London: […] F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC, Act II, page 20:
   • It is reported by one of the Ancients, that in Part of Media, there are Eruptions of Flames out of Plaines; […] There be alſo ſome Blinde Fires, vnder Stone, vvhich flame not out, but Oile being povvred vpon them, they flame out. The Cauſe vvhereof is, for that it ſeemeth, the Fire is ſo choaked, as not able to remoue the Stone, it is Heat, rather than Flame; VVhich neuertheleſſe is ſufficient to Enflame the Oyle. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IV. Century. [Experiment Solitary, Touching Subterrany Fires.]”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 361, page 97:
   • Honour, Revenge, Contempt and Shame, / Did equally their breaſts enflame. 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “Canto III”, in Hudibras. The First Part. […], London: […] J. G. for Richard Marriot, […], →OCLC, page 87:
   • Thou [God] didſt verifie their [the Apostles'] Miſſion vvith the povver of Miracles; and enflamedſt their Hearts vvith the Fire of thy Spirit. 1700, [John Austin], “Psalm 46”, in George Hickes, editor, Devotions in the Ancient Way of Offices. With Psalms, Hymns, and Prayers for Every Day of the Week, and Every Holiday in the Year. […], London: […] J. James […], →OCLC, page 168:
   • To VVrangle the Devil, out of the Country, vvill be truly a Nevv Experiment! Alas, vve are not Avvare of the Devil, if vve do not think, that he aims at Enflaming us one againſt another; & ſhall vve ſuffer our ſelves to be Devil-Ridden? or, by any Vnadviſableneſs, contribute unto the VVidening of our Breaches? 1692 (indicated as 1693), Cotton Mather, “Enchantments Encountred”, in The Wonders of the Invisible World. Observations as well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils. […], Boston, Mass.: […] Benjamin Harris, →OCLC:

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