(conjugation-3, figuratively) especially of the emotions: to inflame with passion, love or lust; burn, set afire or on fire, excite, worry, disturb
(conjugation-3, figuratively) to annoy, to gall, to vex
(conjugation-3, figuratively) to rage, to ravage
Opposite of
cōnsōlor
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈuː.roː]
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *ouzō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éwseti, from *h₁ews- (“to burn”), the same source as the second element of Proto-Germanic *aimuzjǭ (“ashes”); see ember. Cognate with Ancient Greek εὕω (heúō, “to singe”), Sanskrit ओषति (óṣati, “to burn”).