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third-person singular simple present combusts, present participle combusting, simple past and past participle combusted
To burn; to catch fire. quotations examples
Brom swore after that he spoke only the truth, the truth that as he sat by my side praying for my soul, my body had combusted into flame, the fire rapidly engulfing my entire being.
2014, Adelais Selwyn, Eadric, volume 1
(intransitive, figuratively) To erupt with enthusiasm or boisterousness. quotations examples
The audience combusts.
2012, Oliver Burkeman, The Antidote, Happiness for People who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
comparative more combust, superlative most combust
(obsolete) Burnt.
(astrology) In close conjunction with the sun (so that its astrological influence is "burnt up"), sometimes specified to be within 8 degrees 30'. quotations
Guianerius had a patient could make Latin verses when the moon was combust, otherwise illiterate.
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps
Who can discern those planets that are oft Combust, and those stars of brightest magnitude that rise and set with the Sun, untill the opposite motion of their orbs bring them to such a place in the firmament, where they may be seen evning or morning.
1644, John Milton, Areopagitica
(obsolete) That which undergoes burning.