Warm | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Wārm, a.

adjective

a. [compar. WARMER; superl. WARMEST.] [A-S. wearm, O. Sax. & O. Fries. warm, Goth. warms, Icel. varmr, Sw. & Dan. varm, O. H. Ger. warm, N. H. Ger. & D. warm, O. D. warm, allied to Skr. gharma, heat, Gr. θερμη, θερμός, θέρειν, Lat. fervere, O. Lat. formus, warm.]

Sense 1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold; as, warm blood; warm milk. “Whose blood is warm within?” Shak.

Sense 2. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no winter; as, the warm climate of Egypt.

Sense 3. Hence, not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable. “Mirth, and youth, and warm desire.” Milton.

Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart. Pope.

Sense 4. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest.

Welcome daylight; we shall have warm work on’t. Dryden.

Sense 5. Well off as to property; in good circumstances; forehanded; rich. “Warm householders, every one of them.” W. Irving.

You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight; and, let me tell you, he is as warm a man as any within five miles round him. Goldsmith.

Sense 6. (Paint.) Having yellow or yellow-red for a basis;—said of colors, and opposed to cold, which is employed with reference to blue and its compounds.

Synonyms—Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; cordial; keen; violent; furious.

Warm, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. WARMED; p. pr. & vb. n. WARMING.] [A-S. werman, wyrman, Goth. warmjan, O. Sax. & O. H. Ger. warmjan, M. H. Ger. wermen, N. H. Ger. wärmen, Icel. verma.]

Sense 1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to apply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.

Then shall it be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself. Isa. xliv. 15.

Sense 2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in.

I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings. Pope.

The soul, with great and manly feelings warmed, Panting for knowledge, rests not till informed. Churchill.

Warm, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [A-S. wearmian, O. H. Ger. warmên.]

To become moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day in summer.
To become ardent or animated; as, the speaker warms as he proceeds in the argument.

Warm, n.

noun

n. The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating. [Colloq.] Dickens.