Definition of "ablaze" in inglés

adjective

1. Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.

   • 1791, The Bee, Volume 4, Short Chronicle of Events, 27 July, 1791, p. v, On entering the walls which surround the house, then all ablaze, a most dreadful conflict took place […]

2. Radiant with bright light and color.

3. In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion.

   • c. 1680, uncredited translator, An Essay upon the Action of an Orator by Michel Le Faucheur, London: Nicholas Cox, pp. 184-185, And this Fire of your Eyes easily strikes those of your Auditors, who have theirs constantly fixt upon yours; and it must needs set them a-blaze too upon the same Resentment and Passion.

adverb

1. On fire; in a blaze.

2. Lit up brightly and with color, gleaming.

3. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.