单词 | to set a fire |
释义 | > as lemmasto set a fire 34. to set (†a) fire †in, †on, †upon, †of, now only to: to kindle, ignite. (Cf. sense 25.) Also U.S. to set a fire (without prepositional complement): to kindle or start a fire. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > ardent or fervent [verb (transitive)] > inflame (with) passion annealeOE ontendeOE anheatOE atend1006 tindc1175 firec1225 heat?c1225 inlowa1300 inflamea1340 eschaufec1374 flamec1380 kindlec1390 chafe1393 achafea1400 to set a firec1400 lighta1413 incense1435 scaldc1480 embrase1483 incend?1504 to set on fire?1526 enkindle1561 enfire1596 flush1633 boil1649 calenturea1657 infirea1661 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > kindle or set alight annealeOE ontendeOE atend1006 alightOE kindlec1175 tindc1175 lightc1225 lightenc1384 quickc1390 firea1393 to set (a) fire in, on, upon, of, now only toc1400 quickenc1425 accenda1475 enlumine1477 to light upa1500 to shoot (something) on firec1540 to give fire1562 incend1598 entine1612 betine1659 emblaze1743 to touch off1759 ignite1823 c1400 Laud Troy Book 5879 Thei sette ffir In schip. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. xxii. 7 The kynge..destroyed those murtherers & set fyre vpon their Citie. 1568 R. Grafton Chron. II. 107 b Thei set fire in their lodgynges, and departed in good ordre of battail. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias 120 Our men..did set fire to all the Townes yt were in the Ilande. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 45 A firie Bullet..set fire of a barrell of Poulder. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 50 All arose and..set fire on the Carts, and Tents. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 549 Who shall invade their countrey, and set a fire on their chiefe city. 1657 T. Jordan Walks Islington & Hogsdon iv. ii. sig. F4 I will even make bold to set fire of your Bush [tavern], then throw your water and spare not. 1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 786 They set Fire on the Suburbs. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. vii. 121 By setting fire on your House. 1885 Manch. Examiner 8 July 5/2 These set fire by rockets to the straw barracks. 1906 N.Y. Evening Post 15 Nov. 3 Two fires in tenement house letter boxes were set to-day at an early hour. 1907 E. Glyn Three Weeks vi. 93 As a child..who sets a light to a whole box of matches in play. 1976 Washington Post 19 Apr. b1/7 The school had been broken into and the fire had been set. < as lemmas |
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