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warming |
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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