ignite

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   arouse or excite feelings and passions

   The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor.

2. 2
   verb

   start to burn or burst into flames

   Marsh gases ignited suddenly.

From Latin ignītus, past participle of igniō, ignire (“to set on fire, ignite”), from Latin ignis (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis, and thus related to Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), Lithuanian ugnis, and Russian ого́нь (ogónʹ).

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