fire, to take Copy link Outline 1. ardesco, arsi, sum, 32. exardesco, 3 (to take f. and blaze up)3. excandesco, candui, 3 (so as to be hot throughout)4. ignesco, 35. ignem concipio, comprehendo; flammam concipio • fire, to take: 1. ardesco, arsi, sum, 3: to take f. readily, celeriter a., Plin. Fig.: to take f. with anger, in iras a., Ov. Met. 5, 41: she takes f. as she gazes, ardescit tuendo, Virg.: v. to kindle. 2. exardesco, 3 (to take f. and blaze up): a substance ready at taking f., materies facilis ad exardescendum, Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190. Fig.: the plebs took f. at this, plebs ad id indignatione exarsit, Liv.: v. exasperated, to be. 3. excandesco, candui, 3 (so as to be hot throughout): when bitumen and sulphur are added, it will take f., cum bitumen et sulfur additum est, excandescet, Cato, R. R. 95. Fig.: to take fire with anger, irâ ex., Cic. 4. ignesco, 3: at last all the world would take f., ad extremum omnis mundus ignesceret, Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118. Fig.: his wrath takes f. at the sight, tuenti i. irae, Virg. Aen. 9, 66. 5. ignem concipio, comprehendo; flammam concipio: v. fire (I.).