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ignited

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ig·nite  (g-nt)
v. ig·nit·ed, ig·nit·ing, ig·nites
v.tr.
1.
a. To cause to burn.
b. To set fire to.
2. To subject to great heat, especially to make luminous by heat.
3. To arouse the passions of; excite: The insults ignited my anger.
v.intr.
1. To begin to burn.
2. To begin to glow.

[Late Latin ignre, ignt-, from Latin ignis, fire.]

ig·nita·ble, ig·niti·ble adj.
ig·niter, ig·nitor n.
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Adj.1.ignited - set afire; "the ignited paper"; "a kindled fire"
lighted, lit - set afire or burning; "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"; "a lit firecracker"

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As one burns down, the next becomes ignited, and the ashes of the former are knocked into a cocoanut shell kept for the purpose.
Like a plethoric burning martyr, or a self-consuming misanthrope, once ignited, the whale supplies his own fuel and burns by his own body.
She ignited her balloon while sending off fireworks, but she did not fall, and she would not have been killed, probably, had not her car dashed against a chimney and precipitated her to the ground.
 
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