Inflame

verb

1. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
2. To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.

   "to inflame desire"

3. To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
4. To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.

   "to inflame the eyes by overwork"

5. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.