ablaze

Definition

Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.

Etymology

From a- (“on, in”) + blaze (“flame”).

Example Sentences

• "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 […]"
• "The canoe, a dim shadowy thing, moves across the black water, / Bearing a torch ablaze at the prow."
• "So Wang and Tiger’s men rushed into such houses as were not too ablaze and they began to drag out booty of silken pieces and yards of cloth and garments and anything they could carry."