conflagrate

English edit

Etymology edit

From cōnflāgrāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin cōnflāgrō (“I am consumed by fire”, “I set aflame”).

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Verb edit

conflagrate (third-person singular simple present conflagrates, present participle conflagrating, simple past and past participle conflagrated)

(intransitive) To catch fire. [17th century to the present]
(transitive) To set fire to something. [17th century to the present]

Related terms edit

conflagration

Latin edit

Verb edit

cōnflagrāte

second-person plural present active imperative of cōnflagrō