ignite
v.
set on fire, kindle; start to burn
Ignite
Ignite is a programme for
gifted and talented young people in
South Australia, created in 1998 and formerly known as SHIP (Students with High Intellectual Potential). It is administered by the South Australian Department of Education and Children's Services (DECS). The programme has become prestigious since
Adelaide hosted the World Conference for Gifted Education, where Ignite played a central role.
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ignite
Verb
1. cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"
(synonym) light
(antonym) snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
(hypernym) burn, combust
(hyponym) light up, fire up, light
(cause) burn, combust
(derivation) ignition
2. start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
(synonym) erupt, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
(hypernym) change state, turn
(hyponym) blow out
(verb-group) burn, combust
(derivation) ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation
3. arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"
(synonym) inflame, stir up, wake, heat, fire up
(hypernym) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
(hyponym) ferment
ignito
adj.
ignited, lit on fire; ardent, fervent
Ignite
(v. t.)
To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; -- often said of incombustible or infusible substances; as, to ignite iron or platinum.
(v. t.)
To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.
(v. i.)
To take fire; to begin to burn.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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