to light a fire
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Light \Light\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lighted (l[imac]t"[e^]d) or Lit (l[i^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Lighting.] [AS. l[=y]htan, l[imac]htan, to shine. [root]122. See Light, n.]
1.To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to ignite; to kindle; as, to light a candle or lamp; to light the gas; -- sometimes with up. [1913 Webster]
If a thousand candles be all lighted from one.— Hakewill.[1913 Webster]
And the largest lamp is lit.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
Absence might cure it, or a second mistress Light up another flame, and put out this.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
2.To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to spread over with light; -- often with up. [1913 Webster]
Ah, hopeless, lasting flames! like those that burn To light the dead.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
One hundred years ago, to have lit this theater as brilliantly as it is now lighted would have cost, I suppose, fifty pounds.— F. Harrison.[1913 Webster]
The sun has set, and Vesper, to supply His absent beams, has lighted up the sky.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
3.To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light. [1913 Webster]
His bishops lead him forth, and light him on.— Landor.[1913 Webster]
To light a fire, to kindle the material of a fire. [1913 Webster]