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inflames

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  1. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
  2. To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.“to inflame desire”
  3. To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
  4. To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.“to inflame the eyes by overwork”

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