No Encyclopedia Entry for Warm Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (superl.) Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk. 2. (superl.) Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing. 3. (superl.) Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt. 4. (superl.) Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable. 5. (superl.) Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate. 6. (superl.) Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich. 7. (superl.) In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. 8. (superl.) Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds. 9. (v.) To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment. 10. (v.) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven. 11. (v. i.) To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer. 12. (v. i.) To become ardent or animated; as, the speaker/ warms as he proceeds. 13. (n.) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating.
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