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inflammate

inflammate verb: to inflame.

Verb

inflammate (third-person singular simple present inflammates, present participle inflammating, simple past and past participle inflammated)

  1. (ambitransitive, nonstandard, chiefly non-native speakers' English) To inflame.
    • I take back my request about learning about Shi'ite matters because I started reading a few articles from soc.culture.iranian and see that-very much like-soc.culture.turkish - it is full of a lot of hostility between people. So, a request of my nature-I'm afraid-may only inflammate the situation.1992 December 19, Michael Uskudarli, “Second thoughts..”, in soc.culture.iranian (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026
    • "Stupid" would only inflammate both the end receiver and the unsuspecting bypasser, like me. I really don't think that it deserves its place in English vocabulary.1993 October 14, Edmund Gin, “Pulling it together (was:Korean names)”, in soc.culture.korean (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026

Examples of inflammate in a sentence

  • I believe to remember, that the application of cigarette ashes to sugar lumps makes it possible to inflammate them easily.2002 April 13, Marco Manfredini, “Sugar Lumps”, in rec.puzzles (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026:
  • If you treat them badly, they could inflammate and then you're fscked.2004 April 1, Peter de Vroomen, “spring is back, bones get wrecked”, in alt.skate-board (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026:

Forms of inflammate

third-person singular presentinflammates
present participleinflammating
past participleinflammated
pastinflammated

Origin of inflammate

Back-formation from inflammation.

Questions about inflammate

What does inflammate mean?
Inflammate means to inflame.
How do you use inflammate in a sentence?
I believe to remember, that the application of cigarette ashes to sugar lumps makes it possible to inflammate them easily.
What part of speech is inflammate?
Inflammate is a verb.
What is the past tense of inflammate?
The past tense of inflammate is inflammated.

Words near inflammate in the dictionary

  1. inflammages
  2. inflammaging
  3. inflammasomal
  4. inflammasome
  5. inflammasomes
  6. inflammate
  7. inflammated
  8. inflammates
  9. inflammating
  10. inflammation
  11. inflammational

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