set alight en · VERB
Meanings
- (transitive) To cause (something) to begin to burn.
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(figuratively, transitive) To arouse passion in (someone); to excite.
Each chapel had its saintly shrine, hung around with offerings; its picture above the altar, although closely veiled, if by any painter of renown; and its hallowed tapers, burning continually, to set alight the devotion of the worshippers.
1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Burial Chant”, in The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni. […], volume I, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 227:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| setting alight | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sets alight | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| set alight | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| set alight | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Synonyms
animate · set on fire · fire the blood · set aflame · send · gin up · ignite · torch · fire · kindle · exsuscitate · aflame · inflame · exhilarate · ignite · ignite · kindle · suscitate · awaken · enkindle · fillip · work up · fire · light up · rouse · sharpen · set fire · kindle · quicken · vitalise · galvanize · wake · set afire · enflame · enthrill · intoxicate · thrill · inflame · stir the blood · set ablaze · set on fire · warm the blood · yerk · light · wind up · alight · ignite · exagitate · set alight · excite · whet · enkindle · inflame · set fire to · conflagrate · fire up · rouse · electrify
Translations (10)
it accendere (to cause to begin to burn) · el καίγομαι (to cause to begin to burn) · eo ekbruligi (to cause to begin to burn) · mk запали (to cause to begin to burn) · el ανάβω (to cause to begin to burn) · ga fionn (to cause to begin to burn) · io acendar (to cause to begin to burn) · ca abrandar (to cause to begin to burn) · oc abrandar (to cause to begin to burn) · el ανάβομαι (to cause to begin to burn)