Fire

1. Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
2. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
3. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.
4. Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace.
5. To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery.
6. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
7. To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.
8. Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper.
9. To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
10. Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
11. Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
12. To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
13. To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
14. To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc.
15. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge.
16. The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
17. To drive by fire.
18. The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire.
19. To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.
20. To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town.
21. To cauterize.