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单词 to set a fire
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to 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.
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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.
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