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单词 ignify
释义

ignifyv.

/ˈɪɡnɪfʌɪ/
Etymology: < Latin type *ignificāre , < ignis fire: see -fy suffix. (Compare late Latin ignefacĕre.)
rare.
transitive. To set on fire, to cause to burn.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > set on fire
inflamec1384
to set on firec1384
firec1425
incense1470
esprise1474
succend?a1475
embrase1480
to light upa1500
enfirea1522
ignifya1586
befire1613
incendiatea1701
to touch off1759
conflagrate1835
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Lady of May in Arcadia (1598) sig. Bbb6 O tace, tace, or all the fat wil be ignified.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ignify, to burn.
1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 445 It is also probable, that the Solid parts of the Sun..are thoroughly ignified in the same manner as the Bricks in the Roof and Sides of a Furnace are.
1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. v. 18 Let the Memorial..Be doom'd to ignify our Pipes.
1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics (ed. 2) 813 There is Bryant, as quiet, as cool, and as dignified, As a smooth, silent iceberg, that never is ignified.

Derivatives

ignified adj.
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1763 W. Stukeley Palæographia Sacra 72 The sun formed, out of the ignifyed part of matter.
ignifying n.
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1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. v. 218 Falling-starrs,..may be made either by pieces broken off from the true stars,..or from a company of ignifying atoms, meeting and joyning together to effect it.
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