Ignite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ignite	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Ignite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ignite v cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette" Synonym(s): ignite, light Antonym(s): blow out, extinguish, quench, snuff out start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" Synonym(s): erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" Synonym(s): inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ignite \Ignite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ignited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Igniting}.] [L. ignitus, p. p. of ignire to ignite, fr. ignis fire. See {Igneous}.] 1. To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite* paper or wood. 2. (Chem.) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; -- often said of incombustible or infusible substances; as, to ignite iron or platinum.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ignite \Ig*nite"\, v. i. To take fire; to begin to burn.