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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

ablaze
    adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating
           excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram
           Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: ablaze,
           aflame, aroused]
    2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or
       afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a
       night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables";
       "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p),
       aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)]
    3: resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze
       in autumn"
    4: lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze
       with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at
       sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" [syn:
       ablaze(p), inflamed, reddened]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ablaze \A*blaze"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + blaze.]
   1. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. --Milman.
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            All ablaze with crimson and gold.     --Longfellow.
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   2. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
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            The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to
            assist Torrijos.                      --Carlyle.
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Thesaurus Results for ablaze:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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