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verb
To destroy or damage by burning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Synonyms: burn away, burn down, burn up, cinder, incinerate, burn, burn to a crisp, char up, cremate, forburn, forsweal, scathe, torch
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To burn; to be consumed by fire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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Synonyms: burn, combust, go up, forburn, outburn, torch
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English forburnen, forbrinnen, from Old English forbirnan (intransitive) and forbærnan (transitive), equivalent to for- + burn. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ferbaadenje, ferbaanje (“to burn up”), West Frisian ferbarne (“to burn up”), German Low German verbrannen (“to burn up”), German verbrennen (“to burn up, incinerate”).
