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Warm

Warm (warm)
a.(?)
Warm
[Compar. Warmer; superl. Warmest.] [AS. wearm; akin to OS., OFries., D., *** G. warm, Icel. varmr, Sw. & Dan. varm, Goth. warmjan to warm] probably akin to Lith.
  1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.
    "Whose blood is warm within." Shak.

    Warm and still is the summer night. Longfellow.

  2. Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
  3. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.
  4. Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable.

    Mirth, and youth, and warm desire! Milton.

    Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart. Pope.

    They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad(?) mouths at. Addison.

    I had been none of the warmest of partisans. Hawthor(?)(?).

  5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.

    Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't. Dryden.

  6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich.
    [Colloq.]

    Warm householders, every one of them. W. Irving.

    You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him. Goldsmith.

  7. In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed.
    [Colloq.]

    Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," (?)(?) children say at blindman's buff. Black.

  8. Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.

    Syn. -- Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot.


Warm

Warm (warm)
v. t.
Warm
  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.


Warm

Warm (warm)
v. i.(?)
Warm
[AS. wearmian.]

  1. To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer.

    There shall not be a coal to warm at. Isa. xlvii. 14.

  2. To become ardent or animated; as, the speake(?) warms as he proceeds.

Warm

Warm (warm)
n.
Warm
  1. The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating.
    [Colloq.] Dickens.













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