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<p><b>5.</b> <def>To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote> A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, an enemy <b>inflames</b> his crimes. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To provoke; fire; kindle; irritate; exasperate; incense; enrage; anger; excite; arouse.</syn>

<h1>Inflame</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flame"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.</def>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Inflamed</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flamed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame.</def>

<h1>Inflamer</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flam"er</hw> <tt>(?n-fl\'bem\'b6?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The person or thing that inflames.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Inflammabillty</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flam"ma*bil"l*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf.F. <ets>inflammabilite</ets>.]</ety> <def>Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.</def>

<h1>Inflammable</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flam"ma*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[CF. F. <ets>inflammable</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; <as>as, <ex>inflammable</ex> oils or spirits</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; <as>as, an <ex>inflammable</ex> temper</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Inflammable air</col>, <cd>the old chemical name for hydrogen.</cd></cs>

<h1>Inflammableness</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flam"ma*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being inflammable; inflammability.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Inflammbly</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flam"mbly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an inflammable manner.</def>

<h1>Inflammation</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flam*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inflammatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inflammation</ets>. See <er>Inflame</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.</def> "The <i>inflammation</i> of fat."

<i>Wilkins.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; <as>as, an <ex>inflammation</ex> of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties</as>.</def>