1. In or into flame; ablaze.
1555. Brookes, in Froude’s 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 color, 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.
