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verb

1. arouse or excite feelings and passions
- The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor
- The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world
- Wake old feelings of hatred
• Syn:
inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat
• Derivationally related forms:
heat (for: heat), inflammatory (for: inflame), inflammation (for: inflame), inflaming (for: inflame)
• Hypernyms:
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke,
fire, raise, provoke
• Hyponyms:
ferment
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. begin to smoke
- After the meal, some of the diners lit up
• Syn:
light up, light
• Derivationally related forms:
light (for: light)
• Hypernyms:
ignite, light
• Entailment:
smoke
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something (for: light)