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Webster 1913 Edition


Afire

A-fire′

(ȧ-fīr′)
,
adv.
&
Adj.
[Pref.
a-
+
fire
.]
On fire.

Webster 1828 Edition


Afire

AFI'RE

,
adv.
On fire.

Definition 2024


afire

afire

English

Adjective

afire (comparative more afire, superlative most afire)

  1. on fire
    • 1922, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Chessmen of Mars, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2010:
      … if I were a young man I should doubtless be willing to set all Barsoom afire to win you,…

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