ārdēscō ārsī, -, ere, inch. ardeo, to take fire, kindle, be inflamed: ne longus ardesceret axis, O.: ut imagine Largior arserit ignis, H.

— Fig., to gleam, light up: ardescunt ignibus undae, O.: voltu, oculis, Ta.

—Of passion, to be inflamed, take fire, grow furious: in iras, O.: fremitusque ardescit equorum, grows furious, V.: arsit virgine raptā, H.: ardescente pugnā, Ta.