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 […]
Radiant with bright light and color.
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
On fire; in a blaze.
Lit up brightly and with color, gleaming.
In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.