Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To set on fire; kindle; inflame.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To set on fire; to kindle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, obsolete To set on
fire ; tokindle .
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Examples
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As a result they experienced higher numbers of children accend into heaven because they were taught to think and behave appropriately.
The Woodwork and Out Of... Lindsay Stewart 2009
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As a result they experienced higher numbers of children accend into heaven because they were taught to think and behave appropriately.
Meetup Roll Call 2006
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Children who fix their problems with the Gods accend into heaven.
Meetup Roll Call 2006
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This serves the God's goal of minimizing the percentage of potential candidates as society deteriorates, much as "instant gratification" did beginning in the 80s:::It will take multiple lives for some disfavored to fix their relationship with the Gods and accend, and many have been conditioned not to have the patience for it.
Meetup Roll Call 2006
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Everyone who failed to accend and remained on Earth past a certain date will be forced to deal with this positioning::::A ceiling is in place.
Meetup Roll Call 2006
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It didn't feel like I did and accend, but I gained some 900 meters.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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With all the alarms buzzing, ringing, and the cockpit voice annunciator telling the pilot to accend due to being too close to the ground, imagine the concentration required to ignore all the "Normal" warnings to safely land at all, let alone on water.
CTV News RSS Feed 2009
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He is the biggest liar ever to accend the speakership!!
CNN Political Ticker 2009
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With all the alarms buzzing, ringing, and the cockpit voice annunciator telling the pilot to accend due to being too close to the ground, imagine the concentration required to ignore all the "Normal" warnings to safely land at all, let alone on water.
CTV News RSS Feed 2009
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The idea that he would accend to the Presidency for greed, doesn’t make sense to me.
Think Progress » Rush Limbaugh on ‘why liberals hate America.’ 2007
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