3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Warm  \Warm\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Warmed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Warming}.]  [AS.  wearmian  See  {Warm},  a.] 
  1.  To  communicate  a  moderate  degree  of  heat  to  to  render 
  warm;  to  supply  or  furnish  heat  to  as  a  stove  warms  an 
  apartment. 
 
  Then  shall  it  [an  ash  tree]  be  for  a  man  to  burn; 
  for  he  will  take  thereof  and  warm  himself.  --Isa. 
  xliv  15 
 
  Enough  to  warm,  but  not  enough  to  burn. 
  --Longfellow. 
 
  2.  To  make  engaged  or  earnest;  to  interest;  to  engage;  to 
  excite  ardor  or  zeal;  to  enliven. 
 
  I  formerly  warmed  my  head  with  reading  controversial 
  writings.  --Pope. 
 
  Bright  hopes,  that  erst  bosom  warmed.  --Keble. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Warming  \Warm"ing\, 
  a.  &  n.  from  {Warm},  v. 
 
  {Warming  pan},  a  long-handled  covered  pan  into  which  live 
  coals  are  put  --  used  for  warming  beds.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  warming 
  adj  1:  imparting  heat;  "a  warming  fire" 
  2:  producing  the  sensation  of  heat  when  applied  to  the  body;  "a 
  mustard  plaster  is  calefacient"  [syn:  {calefacient}] 
  n  1:  the  process  of  becoming  warmer;  a  rising  temperature  [syn:  {heating}] 
  2:  warm  weather  following  a  freeze;  snow  and  ice  melt  [syn:  {melting}, 
  {thaw},  {thawing}] 

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