incendiare — meaning in English

English meaning

• burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
• ignite verb To set something on fire, or to begin burning.
• inflame verb To make a feeling, situation, or conflict more intense or heated.
• scorch verb To burn the surface of something, discolouring or damaging it without destroying it completely.
• torch noun A small portable light powered by a battery (British usage); in American English, a stick with a flaming end used as a light source.

Senses

incendiare is used for these senses in English:

• burn (transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
• burn (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
• ignite (transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)
• inflame (transitive) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
• scorch (transitive) To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
• set fire to To cause (something) to be on fire; to set (something) alight. [16th c.]
• set on fire (transitive) To cause to begin to burn.
• torch (figurative) To make damaging claims about (someone or something); to ruin the reputation of (someone or something); to disparage, to insult.

burn — full definition

1. noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
2. noun A sharp, cutting insult, especially one delivered wittily.
3. verb To be damaged, destroyed, or consumed by fire.
4. verb To injure with heat, fire, or a caustic substance.
5. verb To copy data onto a CD, DVD, or similar disc.

ignite — full definition

1. verb To set something on fire, or to begin burning.
2. verb To trigger or start something suddenly, especially strong emotion or conflict.

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