set fire into

A form of set fire to — To cause (something) to be on fire; to set (something) alight.

Meanings

verbset fire into (third-person singular simple present sets fire into, present participle setting fire into, simple past set fire into, past participle set fire into or (dialectal) setten fire into)

present singular third person sets fire into · participle present setting fire into · dialectal participle past setten fire into

  1. obsoletetransitiveObsolete form of set fire to (“to cause (something) to be on fire”).
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