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set alight

verb

Definitions

  1. To cause (something) to begin to burn.

  2. To arouse passion in (someone)

    To arouse passion in (someone); to excite.

    • Each chapel had its saintly shrine, hung around with offerings; its picture above the altar, although closely veiled, if by any painter of renown; and its hallowed tapers, burning continually, to set alight the devotion of the worshippers.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for set alight. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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