From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
heated \heated\ adj.
1. characterized by great warmth and intensity of feeling;
as, a heated argument. Opposite of {dispassionate,
passionless}. [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, hot, impassioned,
perfervid, torrid.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. supplied with a mechanism for heating; -- of structures or
devices; as, a heated fishing cabin. Opposite of
{unheated}. [WordNet sense 2]
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Heat \Heat\ (h[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heated}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Heating}.] [OE. heten, AS. h[=ae]tan, fr. h[=a]t hot. See
{Hot}.]
1. To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow
warm; as, to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the
like.
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Heat me these irons hot. --Shak.
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2. To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make
feverish.
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Pray, walk softly; do not heat your blood. --Shak.
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3. To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to
excess; to inflame, as the passions.
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A noble emulation heats your breast. --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heated
adj 1: made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of
`heated'); "a heated swimming pool"; "wiped his heated-up
face with a large bandana"; "he was all het up and
sweaty" [syn: {heated}, {heated up}, {het}, {het up}]
2: marked by emotional heat; vehement; "a heated argument"
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