Ig*nip"o*tent (?), a. [L. ignipotens; ignis fire + potens powerful.]
Presiding over fire; also, fiery.
Vulcan is called the powerful ignipotent.
Pope.
||Ig"nis fat"u*us (?); pl. Ignes fatui (#). [L. ignis fire + fatuus
||foolish. So called in allusion to its tendency to mislead travelers.]
||1. A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy
||ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or
||vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called
||also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and
||Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern.
||
2. Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.
Scared and guided by the ignis fatuus of popular superstition.
Jer. Taylor.
Ig*nite" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignited (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Igniting.] [L. ignitus, p. p. of ignire to ignite, fr. ignis fire. See
Igneous.] 1. To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.
2. (Chem.) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly;
-- often said of incombustible or infusible substances; as, to ignite
iron or platinum.
Ig*nite", v. i. To take fire; to begin to burn.
Ig*nit"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being ignited.
Ig*ni"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. ignition.] 1. The act of igniting, kindling,
or setting on fire.