enflame
/ɛnˈfleɪm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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; […]"
- "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."
- "[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; […]"
- "Honour, Revenge, Contempt and Shame, / Did equally their breaſts enflame."
- "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?"
- "Thou [God] didſt verifie their [the Apostles'] Miſſion vvith the povver of Miracles; and enflamedſt their Hearts vvith the Fire of thy Spirit."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɛnˈfleɪm/
- British English: /ɛnˈfleɪm/
Usage
Inflected Forms
enflames (present, singular)
enflaming (participle, present)
enflamed (participle, past)
enflamed (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
enflamed (first person, past)
enflamest (archaic, present)
enflamed (past, second person)
enflamedst (archaic, past)
enflameth (archaic, present)
enflamed (past, singular)