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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Combust \Com*bust"\, a. [L. combustus p. p. of comburere to
burn up com- + burere (only in comp.), of uncertain origin;
cf bustum fineral pyre, prurire to itch, pruna a live coal,
Gr pyrso`s firebrand, Skr. plush to burn.]
1. Burnt; consumed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. (Astron.) So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by
his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight
degrees and a half from the sun. [Obs.]
Planets that are oft combust. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
combust
v : undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" [syn: {burn}]
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