Warmed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To raise the temperature of something to a comfortable level; to evoke feelings of affection or intimacy among individuals; to prepare or enhance an experience by generating warmth or heat to an object or setting
2. Raised the heat of an object or place to a more agreeable level ; became emotionally more affectionate or receptive ; prepared something by adding heat for better use or effect
3. Made an environment or item pleasantly hotter ; showed signs of emotional softening or responsiveness ; applied heat to activate or improve a process or condition

Etymology: The past tense "warmed" is simply the regular ending added to "warm," and the verb itself is a sort of double inheritance. Old English had two separate verbs behind it: "wiermian" meant "to make warm," while "wearmian" meant "to become warm." Both grew from the same Germanic adjective, which goes back to a root meaning "to burn," so the everyday sense of warming a room or a cup of tea and the sense of a cold heart softening were once distinct verbs that later merged into one. That root reaches further than English. Its relatives include the Ancient Greek "thermos," meaning hot, which gives us the modern "thermos" flask, though the connection is uncertain and may be distant. Other cousins appear in Latin and Sanskrit, and the Germanic family today includes Dutch "warm," German "warm," and Swedish "varm," all still carrying the same core meaning.

Synonyms: heated, made warm, toasted, fired up, spiced

Antonyms: cooled, chilled, froze, damped, unheated