Verb: ignite ig'nIt
- Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
"Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter";
- light
- Start to burn or burst into flames
"Marsh gases ignited suddenly";
- erupt, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
- Start or maintain a fire in
"ignite the furnace";
- fire, light
- Arouse or excite feelings and passions
"The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor";
- inflame, stir up, wake, heat, fire up
Derived forms: ignited, ignites, igniting
Type of: arouse, begin, burn, change state, combust, commence, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, kindle, lead off, provoke, raise, start, turn
Encyclopedia: Ignite