† Embroil v.¹

Obs. rare. [f. EN- + BROIL v.¹] trans. To set on fire, burn up. Hence Embroiling ppl. a.

1667.  Decay Chr. Piety, xiv. 340 (L.). That knowledge, for which we … rifle Gods cabinet, should like the Coal from the Altar, serve only to embroil and consume the sacrilegious invaders.

1726.  Thomson, Winter, 247. Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky.