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    Warm , a. [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. virti to cook, boil; or perhaps to Skr. gharma heat, OL. formus warm. , .]
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    1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.  “Whose blood is warm within.”  
      Shak.

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      Warm and still is the summer night.
      Longfellow.

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

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      Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.
      Pope.

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

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      I had been none of the warmest of partisans.
      Hawthor.

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    5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.
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      Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't.
      Dryden.

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    6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich.  [Colloq.]
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      Warm householders, every one of them.
      W. Irving.

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      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.

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    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.]
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      Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting “warm,”  children say at blindman's buff.
      Black.

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    8. (Paint.) 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.
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      Syn. -- Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot.
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    Warm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warmed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Warming.] [AS. wearmian.  See Warm, a.] 
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    1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.
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      Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself.
      Isa. xliv 15

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      Enough to warm, but not enough to burn.
      Longfellow.

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    2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
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      I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings.
      Pope.

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      Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed.
      Keble.

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    Warm , v. i. [AS. wearmian.]
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    1. To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer.
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      There shall not be a coal to warm at.
      Isa. xlvii. 14.

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    2. To become ardent or animated; as, the speake warms as he proceeds.
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    Warm, n. The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating.  [Colloq.]
    Dickens.

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