Enkindle
[in'kindl]
Definition
(v. t.) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.
(v. t.) To excite; to rouse into action; to incite.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Inflame, ignite, kindle, set on fire.[2]. Incite, excite, rouse, stimulate, instigate, provoke, stir up, set on.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See KINDLE]
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Definition
v.t. to kindle or set on fire: to inflame: to rouse.—p.adj. Enkin′dled.
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Examples
- The nearer I approached to your habitation, the more deeply did I feel the spirit of revenge enkindled in my heart. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He saw her face strangely enkindled, as if suffused from within by a powerful sweet fire. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She was enkindled in her own living fire. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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