1. to set on fire or cause to burn
Usage: literal use; often poetic or literary
2. to arouse or intensify strong emotion, passion, or anger
Usage: figurative use; common in modern English

Examples

• The spark enflames the dry wood quickly.
• His passionate speech enflames the crowd with enthusiasm.
• The injustice enflames her sense of outrage.
• Inflammatory rhetoric enflames tensions between the groups.
• The sunset enflames the sky with brilliant orange and red.
• Such criticism only enflames the debate further.