Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IG-NITE'
IG-NITE', v.t. [L. ignis, fire.]
- To kindle, or set on fire.
- More generally, to communicate fire to, or to render luminous or red by heat; as, to ignite charcoal or iron. Anthracite is ignited with more difficulty than bituminous coal.
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