WARM
Warm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warmed (; p. pr. & vb. n. Warming.] Etym:
[AS. wearmian. See Warm, a.]
1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment. Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself. Isa. xliv 15 Enough to warm, but not enough to burn. Longfellow.
2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite
ardor or zeal; to enliven.
I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings. Pope.
Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. Keble.
WARM
Warm, v. i. Etym: [AS. wearmian.]
1. To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer. There shall not be a coal to warm at. Isa. xlvii. 14.
2. To become ardent or animated; as, the speakewarms as he proceeds.
WARM
Warm, n.
Defn: The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating. [Colloq.] Dickens.
WARM-BLOODED
Warm"-blood`ed, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Having warm blood; — applied especially to those animals, as birds and mammals, which have warm blood, or, more properly, the power of maintaining a nearly uniform temperature whatever the temperature of the surrounding air. See Homoiothermal.