To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn; in a literal sense. But more generally,

To excite or increase, as passion or appetite; to enkindle into violent action; as, to inflame love, lust or thirst; to inflame desire or anger.

To exaggerate; to aggravate in description. A friend exaggerates a man’s virtues, an enemy inflames his crimes. ] .

To heat; to excite excessive action in the blood; as to inflame the blood or body; to inflame with wine.

To provoke; to irritate; to anger.

To increase; to exasperate; as, to inflame the enmity of parties, or the spirit of sedition.

To increase; to augment; as, to inflame a presumption.

To grow hot, angry and painful.