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aflame
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective aflame has 2 senses
- aflame(s = adj.all) ablaze, aroused - keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"; "he was aflame with desire"
- aflame(s = adj.all) ablaze, afire, aflare, alight, on fire - lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire"
CIDE DICTIONARY
aflame, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + flame.].
In flames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
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