Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BURN, v.i.

1. To be on fire; to flame; as, the mount burned with fire. – Exodus.
2. To shine; to sparkle. O prince! O wherefore burn your eyes? – Rowe.
3. To be inflamed with passion or desire; as, to burn with anger or love. – Thomson.
4. To act with destructive violence, as fire. Shall thy wrath burn like fire? – Ps. lxxxix.
5. To be in commotion; to rage with destructive violence. The groan still deepens and the combat burns. – Pope.
6. To be heated; to be in a glow; as, the face burns.
7. To be affected with a sensation of heat, pain, or acidity; as, the heart burns.
8. To feel excess of heat; as, the flesh burns by a fire; a patient burns with a fever. To burn out, to burn till the fuel is exhausted and the fire ceases.