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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aflame \A*flame"\, adv & a. [Pref. a- + flame.] Inflames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze. --G. Eliot. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aflame adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: {ablaze}, {aroused}, {turned on(p)}] 2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on fire" [syn: {ablaze(p)}, {afire(p)}, {aflame(p)}, {aflare(p)}, {alight(p)}, {blazing}, {burning}, {flaming}, {on fire(p)}] 3: (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment" [syn: {aflame(p)}, {crimson}, {red}, {reddened}, {red-faced}, {flushed}]
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