[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ablaze \ablaze"\, adv.  a. pref. a- + blaze.
   1. on fire; in a blaze, gleaming. --milman.
      1913 webster

            all ablaze with crimson and gold.     --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   2. in a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
      1913 webster

            the young cambridge democrats were all ablaze to
            assist torrijos.                      --carlyle.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ablaze
     adj 1: keenly excited especially sexually or indicating
            excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"-
            bram stoker; "he was aflame with desire" syn: aflame,
             aroused, turned onp
     2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze
        or afire by lightning"; "even the car's tires were
        aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight
        on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a
        burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on
        fire" syn: ablazep, afirep, aflamep, aflarep,
         alightp, blazing, burning, flaming, on firep
     3: resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze
        in autumn"; "flaming autumn leaves" syn: flaming
     4: lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze
        with lighted christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at
        sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" syn: ablazep,
         inflamed, reddened
see also:
aflame aroused turned onp ablazep afirep aflamep 
aflarep alightp blazing burning flaming 
on firep inflamed reddened 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

99 moby thesaurus words for "ablaze":
   afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, ardent, bathed with light,
   bespangled, blazing, boiling over, breathless, brightened, burning,
   candent, candescent, candlelit, comburent, conflagrant, cordial,
   delirious, drunk, enlightened, enthusiastic, excited, exuberant,
   febrile, fervent, fervid, fevered, feverish, fiery, firelit,
   flagrant, flaming, flaring, flashing, flashy, flickering, flushed,
   fulgurant, fulgurating, fuming, gaslit, glowing, guttering, hearty,
   heated, hot, ignescent, ignited, illuminated, impassioned,
   in a blaze, in a glow, in flames, incandescent, inflamed, intense,
   intoxicated, irradiate, irradiated, keen, kindled, lamplit,
   lanternlit, lighted, lightened, lit, lit up, live, lively, living,
   luminous, meteoric, moonlit, on fire, passionate, red-hot, reeking,
   scintillant, scintillating, smoking, smoldering, spangled,
   sparking, star-spangled, star-studded, starlit, steaming, steamy,
   studded, sunlit, tinseled, unextinguished, unquenched,
   unrestrained, vigorous, warm, zealous

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