Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ablaze

Ablaze ({not transcribed}) , adverb and adjective

[Prefix a- + blaze.]

1.
On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. — Milman
All ablaze with crimson and gold. — Longfellow
2.
In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos. — Carlyle