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Inflammatory [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Inflaming; tending to excite heat or inflammation; as medicines of an inflammatory nature.

2. Accompanied with preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as an inflammatory fever or disease.

3. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult or sedition; as inflammatory libels, writings, speeches or publications.

Inflammatory [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.

2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications.

3. Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease.