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blazen

verb

Etymology

From blaze + -en.

  1. derived from *bʰel-✻ — “to shine, be white”
  2. inherited from *blasǭ✻ — “torch”
  3. inherited from *blasā✻
  4. inherited from blæse
  5. inherited from blase
  6. formed as blazen — “blaze + -en”

Definitions

  1. To set ablaze

  2. To be ablaze

    • We were on the left center, Mosleys battery on our left, brave men melting before the blazening cannon and chargeing^([sic]) Infantry one volley after another and dead men were in piles.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA