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`1heat vb heated also dial het heated also dial het heating heats
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`[ME heten, fr. OE htan; akin to OHG heizen to heat, MD heten, ON heita; causative-denominatives fr. the root of
`E hot]
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` a : to become warm or hot : rise in temperature
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`»water heating in a large kettle«
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`»the room slowly heated«
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`b : to become hot and spoil due to excessive or abnormal respiratory or fermentative activity
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`»grain containing excessive moisture may heat seriously in the bin«
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`2 : to become excited, moved, or inflamed in mind or spirit
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`»cannot see injustice without heating«
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`vt
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` : to make warm or hot : raise the temperature of
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`» heat the oven to 350 degrees«
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`»water heated by the sun«
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`2 : to arouse the emotion or spirit of : excite, move, or inflame usu. intensely or to a course of action
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`»his arrogance heats me beyond enduring«
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`»these stirring words heated us all«
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`3 : to make (as the human body) feverish or excessively hot
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`»wine heats the blood«
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`»he was heated by the long dry climb«
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`4 obs : to run over (ground) : cover (ground) in or as if in a race
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