Dictionary entry

Warm (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 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.