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TO FLARE UP

Definition: TO FLARE UP

TO FLARE UP

1. To become suddenly heated or excited; to burst into a passion. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crosswords: TO FLARE UP

Etymologies containing "TO FLARE UP": Sufflate. (references)

Familiar Quotations: TO FLARE UP

Author	Quotation
Homer	We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Non-Fiction Usage: TO FLARE UP

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		You also may want to consult a registered dietitian, who can help you make changes in your diet. For instance, if dairy products cause your symptoms to flare up, you can try eating less of those foods. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Modern Translation: TO FLARE UP

Language		Translations for "TO FLARE UP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		emportement. (various references)

German		aufbrausen (break out, burst forth, effervesce, fizz up, flare, flare up, fly off the handle, surge). (various references)

Hungarian		lángra lobban (flame up, flare up, get inflamed, ignite, to blaze up, to break into flames, to burst into flame, to burst into flames, to catch alight, to flame up, to go up in flames, to inflame), gyullad, felvillan (to coruscate, to flash, to gleam, to glint), fellobban (to flame out, to flash, to inflame), felgyullad, felfortyan (fly off the handle, get the needle, to blaze up, to fire up, to get the needles). (various references)

Italian		effervescenza (fizz). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		燃え上がる (to burst into flames), 向きに成って�'る . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		むきになってお�"る, もえあがる (to burst into flames). (various references)

Pig Latin		otay areflay upay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: TO FLARE UP

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	suku. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Anagrams: TO FLARE UP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-f-l-o-p-r-t-u"
	-2 letters: flareup, floater, flouter, outleap, poulter, prolate, refloat, refutal, tearful, torulae.
	-3 letters: artful, earful, falter, ferula, florae, floret, fluter, foetal, folate, fouler, loafer, lofter, palter, parole, patrol, pelota, petrol, plater, pleura, portal, potful, pouter, protea, purfle, replot, roupet, topful, torula, troupe, tupelo, uprate, uptear, uptore.
	-4 letters: afore, afoul, after, alert, aloft, alter, aport, apter.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-f-l-o-p-r-t-u"
	+3 letters: preformulate, unprofitable.
	+4 letters: preformulated, preformulates, ultrapowerful.
	+5 letters: preformulating.
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Alternative Orthography: TO FLARE UP

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F 46 4C 41 52 45 55 50

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000110 01001100 01000001 01010010 01000101 00100000 01010101 01010000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#70 &#76 &#65 &#82 &#69 &#32 &#85 &#80

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F 0046 004C 0041 0052 0045 0055 0050

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54492404635523925550

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Familiar
4. Quotations: Non-fiction

5. Translations: Modern
6. Translations: Ancient
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography

9. Bibliography

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