Meaning

• To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

• To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.

  "to inflame desire"

• To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.

• To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.

  "to inflame the eyes by overwork"

• To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.

• To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.