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Verb: ignite  ig'nIt
  1. Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
    "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter";
    - light
     
  2. Start to burn or burst into flames
    "Marsh gases ignited suddenly";
    - erupt, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
     
  3. Arouse or excite feelings and passions
    "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor";
    - inflame, stir up, wake, heat, fire up
     
  4. Start or maintain a fire in
    - fire, light

Derived forms: igniting, ignited, ignites

Type of: arouse, burn, change state, combust, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise, turn

Encyclopedia: Ignite