ablaze : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ablaze	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ablaze adj keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" Synonym(s): ablaze, aflame, aroused lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" Synonym(s): ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p) resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze in autumn" lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" Synonym(s): ablaze(p), inflamed, reddened
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ablaze \Ablaze"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + blaze.] 1. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. --Milman. All ablaze* with crimson and gold. --Longfellow. 2. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos. --Carlyle.