Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fire \Fire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Fring}.]
   1. To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney;
      to fire a pile.

   2. To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln;
      as, to fire pottery.

   3. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the
      soul with anger, pride, or revenge.

            Love had fired my mind.               --Dryden.

   4. To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the
      genius of a young man.

   5. To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.

   6. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.

            [The sun] fires the proud tops of the eastern pines.
                                                  --Shak.

   7. To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge;
      as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls,
      rockets, etc.

   8. To drive by fire. [Obs.]

            Till my bad angel fire my good one out. --Shak.

   9. (Far.) To cauterize.

   {To fire up}, to light up the fires of, as of an engine.