fire, to set on Copy link Outline 1. incendo, di, sum, 32. inflammo, 1 (to set in flames)3. ignem (alicui rei) subjicio, admoveo • fire, to set on: 1. incendo, di, sum, 3: to set towns, buildings on f., oppida, aedificia i., Caes.: to set brambles on f., vepres i., Virg.: v. to burn. 2. inflammo, 1 (to set in flames): they storm the villages and set the houses on f., vicos expugnant, tecta i., Liv. 10, 2. Join: inflammare atque incendere, Cic. Verr. 5, 35, 91. 3. ignem (alicui rei) subjicio, admoveo: v. fire (I., 1). See also to kindle.