Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ablaze"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ablaze \A*blaze"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + blaze.]
1. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. --Milman.
All ablaze with crimson and gold. --Longfellow.
2. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to
assist Torrijos. --Carlyle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ablaze
adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating
excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"-
Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: {aflame},
{aroused}, {turned on(p)}]
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"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a
burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on
fire" [syn: {ablaze(p)}, {afire(p)}, {aflame(p)}, {aflare(p)},
{alight(p)}, {blazing}, {burning}, {flaming}, {on fire(p)}]
3: resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze
in autumn"; "flaming autumn leaves" [syn: {flaming}]
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}]
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