to light a fire

Light \Light\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lighted} (l[imac]t"[e^]d) or
   {Lit} (l[i^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lighting}.] [AS. l[=y]htan,
   l[imac]htan, to shine. [root]122. See {Light}, n.]
   1. To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to
      ignite; to kindle; as, to light a candle or lamp; to light
      the gas; -- sometimes with up.
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            If a thousand candles be all lighted from one.
                                                  --Hakewill.
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            And the largest lamp is lit.          --Macaulay.
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            Absence might cure it, or a second mistress
            Light up another flame, and put out this. --Addison.
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   2. To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to
      spread over with light; -- often with up.
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            Ah, hopeless, lasting flames! like those that burn
            To light the dead.                    --Pope.
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            One hundred years ago, to have lit this theater as
            brilliantly as it is now lighted would have cost, I
            suppose, fifty pounds.                --F. Harrison.
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            The sun has set, and Vesper, to supply
            His absent beams, has lighted up the sky. --Dryden.
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   3. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by
      means of a light.
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            His bishops lead him forth, and light him on.
                                                  --Landor.
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   {To light a fire}, to kindle the material of a fire.
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