Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To set afire; light.
- intransitive verb To incite; arouse.
- intransitive verb To make luminous and glowing.
- intransitive verb To catch fire.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To kindle; set on fire; inflame.
- Hence To excite; rouse into action; inflame: as, to
enkindle the passions; to enkindle zeal; to enkindle war or discord, or the flames of war.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.
- transitive verb To excite; to rouse into action; to incite.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
kindle ; toarouse orevoke .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause to start burning
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
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Examples
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Here he still speaks, I think, in a free, off-hand, even jesting, [234] manner ( 'enkindle' meaning merely 'excite you to _hope_ for').
Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth 1893
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I doubt whether 'enkindle' has not another sense than that of
Literary Remains, Volume 2 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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And on the other hand, the power and the spells of the devilish non-humans, who enkindle the evils, increase and become powerful.
Contemporary Scholars - The 100th Ganden Tripa (Ganden Throneholder) 2010
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And on the other hand, the power and the spells of the devilish non-humans, who enkindle the evils, increase and become powerful.
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And on the other hand, the power and the spells of the devilish non-humans, who enkindle the evils, increase and become powerful.
Contemporary Scholars - The 100th Ganden Tripa (Ganden Throneholder) 2010
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And on the other hand, the power and the spells of the devilish non-humans, who enkindle the evils, increase and become powerful.
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Place your Heart deep in the center of our hearts and enkindle in each heart a flame of love as strong, as great, as the sum of all the reasons that I have for loving you, my God.
Column: Augustine and teens Michelle 2009
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Because such teachings are widespread in Tibet, from childhood we became accustomed to such phrases, providing us with a model of how to view others and enkindle a kind attitude toward others.
Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009
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All of this should serve to enkindle fervour within us reciprocally and assist us in our mutual striving for paradise.
Christ Crucified Francis 2007
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Place your Heart deep in the center of our hearts and enkindle in each heart a flame of love as strong, as great, as the sum of all the reasons that I have for loving you, my God.
Archive 2009-10-01 Michelle 2009
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