aflame, adv. and pred. a., prop. phr.
(əˈfleɪm)
[a- prep.1 11 of state, in, into + flame.]
1. In or into flame; ablaze.
| 1555 Brookes in Froude Hist. Eng. VI. xxxiii. 374 But also set a-flame the fire already kindled. 1852 Kingsley Androm. 222 Lovest thou cities aflame, fierce glows, and the shrieks of the widow? |
2. In a glow of light or colour, such as is caused by the reflection of flame.
| 1798 Coleridge Anc. Mar. III. vii, The western wave was all aflame. The day was well nigh done! 1872 Dixon Switzers xviii. 177 At night, the city is aflame with lamps. |
3. fig. In a glow of excitement or intense eagerness.
| 1856 Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh iii. 123 A tiptoe Danae, overbold and hot, Both arms a-flame to meet her wishing Jove Halfway. 1860 W. Collins Wom. in White I. 55, I am all aflame with curiosity. 1879 Farrar St. Paul II. 562, I remind thee to fan aflame the gift of God which is in thee. |