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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Warm \Warm\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Warmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Warming}.] [AS. wearmian. See {Warm}, adjective]
1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.
Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself. --Isa. xliv 15
Enough to warm, but not enough to burn. --Longfellow.
2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings. --Pope.
Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. --Keble.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
warmed
adjective: having been warmed up; "a cup of warmed milk"
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