ignite
pronunciation
How to pronounce ignite in British English:
UK [ɪɡˈnaɪt]
How to pronounce ignite in American English:
US [ɪɡˈnaɪt]
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- Verb:
- cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
- start to burn or burst into flames
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
Word Origin
- ignite
- ignite: [17] The Latin word for ‘fire’ was ignis (it has been traced back to a prehistoric Indo- European *egni- or *ogni-, which also produced Sanskrit agni- and Lithuanian ugnìs ‘fire’). From it were derived the verb ignīre ‘set light to’, source of English ignite, and the adjective igneus, from which English got igneous [17]. Another contribution the Latin noun has made to English is ignis fatuus ‘will-o’-the-wisp’ [16], literally ‘foolish fire’, so called perhaps from its erratic flickering, as if scatter-brained.
- ignite (v.)
- 1660s, from Latin ignitus, past participle of ignire "set on fire," from ignis "fire" (see igneous). Attested earlier as an adjective (1550s). Related: Ignited; igniting.
Example
- 1. Pray that the lord would ignite a passionate fire in your soul .
- 2. Joseph approached a firework to ignite it .
- 3. It would not take much effort by syria or iran to ignite it .
- 4. Previous advances in conversion efficiency relied on concentrating sun rays , in the same way that a magnifying glass concentrates sunlight to ignite a fire .
- 5. By simply exposing organizations to this sort of approach , you can start to ignite new ways of thinking about their strategic development process .