Heat (hēt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Heated; p. pr. & vb. n.Heating.] [OE. heten, AS. hǣtan, fr. hāt hot. See Hot.] 1. To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as, to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like.
Heat me these irons hot. Shak.
2. To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
Pray, walk softly; do not heat your blood. Shak.
3. To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
A noble emulation heats your breast. Dryden.