reinˈflame, v.
Also re-en-.
[re- 5 a. Cf. F. renflammer (16th c.), It. rinfiammare (Florio).]
trans. To inflame again.
| 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xvi. §4. 651/2 That the hatreds and enmities..betweene the French and English names, should..be renued, and reinflamed. 1697 Dryden Virg. Past. viii. 92 To re-inflame my Daphnis with Desires. 1742 Young Nt. Th. ix. 797 Re-inflam'd Thy luminaries triumph. 1842 Parnell Chem. Anal. (1845) 267 Oxygen [and] Nitrous oxide re-inflame a glowing taper. |