Dictionary entry

Ablaze

Webster's Dictionary 1913

A‐blaze″ (�), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + blaze.] 1. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. Milman.

All ablaze with crimson and gold.

Longfellow.

2. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.

The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos.

Carlyle.