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aflames

aflames is the third-person singular simple present indicative of aflame.

Meaning of aflame

Verb

aflame (third-person singular simple present aflames, present participle aflaming, simple past and past participle aflamed)

  1. (transitive) Synonym of inflame (“to set (something) on fire; (figurative) to intensify or kindle (a feeling, such as appetite or passion); to intensify or kindle a feeling in (someone)”).
    • So that we might serve God, / confirmed from above, / she [the Holy Spirit] tests us with fire / and aflames us with love.2002, John L. Bell, “God’s Spirit is Here”, in One is the Body: Songs of Unity and Diversity, Chicago, Ill.: GIA Publications, →ISBN, verse 3, page 79
    Synonyms:
    inflame
  2. (intransitive) Chiefly in the present participle: to be in flames or on fire; to blaze, to flare up.
    • [A]s regards Prince Yusuf, when Ibn Ibrahim left him, he felt love-lowe aflaming in his heart, […]1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “The Loves of Al-Hayfa and Yusuf. [Night 693.]”, in Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume...

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Aflames is the third-person singular simple present indicative of aflame.

Words near aflames in the dictionary

  1. aflagellates
  2. aflaj
  3. aflajes
  4. aflame
  5. aflamed
  6. aflames
  7. aflaming
  8. Aflao
  9. aflap
  10. aflare
  11. aflash

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