Careful Words

fired (adv.)

fired (adj.)

And, like another Helen, fir'd another Troy.

John Dryden (1631-1701): Alexander's Feast. Line 154.

The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome

Outlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757): Richard III. (altered). Act iii. Sc. 1.