to set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.-fig.: to kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire.-to provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.-to put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork.-to exaggerate; to enlarge upon.-to grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.