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Incendiary
Pronunciation : In*cen"di*a*ry
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L. incendiarius: cf. F. incendiaire. See Incense to inflame.]
Definition : 1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property.
2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter. Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries. Bentley.
pl. Incendiaries.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : In*cen"di*a*ry
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. incendiarius, fr. incendium a fire, conflagration: cf. F. incendiaire. See Incense to inflame.]
Definition : 1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime.
2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious. Paley. Incendiary shell, a bombshell. See Carcass, 4.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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