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"ref": "1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 7",
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"text": "to inflame desire",
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"ref": "1690, John Dryden, Creator Spirit! by whose aid",
"text": "But, O inflame and fire our hearts.",
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"ref": "2017 August 25, \"Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict\", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera",
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"ref": "April 5 2022, Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity Fair",
"text": "Even though no one had known about the plan in advance, the paparazzi were waiting at the door as they left the nightclub. Lalvani told me, “Whether Harry’s Bar called them or she tipped them off, I don’t know.” (I think we do.) He realizes now that she was using him to inflame the true object of her affections, Hasnat Khan. The pictures of Lalvani and Diana that appeared the next day were the whole point.\nadapted from the book The Palace Papers, published 2022 by Penguin Books",
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"text": "to inflame the eyes by overwork"
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"third-person"
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"word": "inflammation"
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"ref": "1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 7",
"text": "Along the perimeter road the police car approached, headlamps inflaming the afternoon sunlight.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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],
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"kindle",
"kindle"
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"burn",
"burn"
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[
"flame",
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[
"glow",
"glow"
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"transitive"
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"text": "to inflame desire",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1690, John Dryden, Creator Spirit! by whose aid",
"text": "But, O inflame and fire our hearts.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017 August 25, \"Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict\", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera",
"text": "The long-awaited verdict could inflame tension in the Southeast Asian country and have far-reaching implications in the politically divided kingdom."
}
],
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[
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"excite",
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"ref": "April 5 2022, Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity Fair",
"text": "Even though no one had known about the plan in advance, the paparazzi were waiting at the door as they left the nightclub. Lalvani told me, “Whether Harry’s Bar called them or she tipped them off, I don’t know.” (I think we do.) He realizes now that she was using him to inflame the true object of her affections, Hasnat Khan. The pictures of Lalvani and Diana that appeared the next day were the whole point.\nadapted from the book The Palace Papers, published 2022 by Penguin Books",
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}
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],
[
"exasperate",
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"irritate",
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[
"incense",
"incense"
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"enrage",
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"(transitive) To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage."
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"transitive"
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{
"text": "to inflame the eyes by overwork"
}
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"To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of."
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"inflammation",
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"(transitive) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of."
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"transitive"
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},
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"To exaggerate; to enlarge upon."
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"English intransitive verbs"
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"congested",
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[
"painful",
"painful"
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"angry",
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[
"incense",
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"(intransitive) To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed."
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"intransitive"
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],
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"ipa": "/ɪnˈfleɪm/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪm"
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
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"word": "enflame"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zapalvam",
"sense": "to set on fire",
"word": "запалвам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to set on fire",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "roznítit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to set on fire",
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"perfective"
],
"word": "zapálit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to set on fire",
"word": "sytyttää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to set on fire",
"word": "allumer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to set on fire",
"word": "anzünden"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to set on fire",
"word": "entflammen"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to set on fire",
"word": "virittää"
},
{
"code": "izh",
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"sense": "to set on fire",
"word": "syttää"
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"code": "izh",
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"word": "sytyttää"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to set on fire",
"word": "adhain"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to set on fire",
"word": "incendiare"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to set on fire",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "affoghizare"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razpalvam",
"sense": "to kindle or intensify",
"word": "разпалвам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to kindle or intensify",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "roznítit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to kindle or intensify",
"word": "herättää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to kindle or intensify",
"word": "anregen"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to provoke to anger or rage",
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"perfective"
],
"word": "roznítit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to provoke to anger or rage",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "rozdmýchat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to provoke to anger or rage",
"word": "lietsoa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to provoke to anger or rage",
"word": "aufregen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to provoke to anger or rage",
"word": "erzürnen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to provoke to anger or rage",
"word": "whakakoikoi"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzpaljavam",
"sense": "to put in a state of inflammation",
"word": "възпалявам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to put in a state of inflammation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zanítit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to put in a state of inflammation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vyvolat zánět"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to put in a state of inflammation",
"word": "inflamigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to put in a state of inflammation",
"word": "tulehduttaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to put in a state of inflammation",
"word": "sich entzünden"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to put in a state of inflammation",
"word": "inflamar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "preuveličavam",
"sense": "to exaggerate",
"word": "преувеличавам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to exaggerate",
"word": "liioitella"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to exaggerate",
"word": "aufpeitschen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful",
"word": "inflami"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful",
"word": "tulehtua"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful",
"word": "asañar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful",
"word": "inflamar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful",
"word": "aufbrausen"
}
],
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}
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"word": "inflamar"
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],
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{
"ipa": "/ĩˈflɐ̃.mi/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ĩˈflɐ̃.mi/",
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"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ĩˈflɐ.me/",
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"Southern-Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ĩˈflɐ.mɨ/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ĩˈflɐ.mɨ/",
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"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ĩˈfla.mɨ/",
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]
},
{
"rhymes": "(Portugal) -ɐmɨ"
},
{
"rhymes": "(Brazil) -ɐ̃mi"
}
],
"word": "inflame"
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{
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