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[syn: ignited, enkindled, kindled]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kindle \Kin`dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kindled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Kindling.] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L.
candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. Candle.]
1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to
cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle
a match, or shavings.
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His breath kindleth coals. --Job xii. 21.
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2. Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke;
to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to
incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame
of love, or love into a flame.
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So is a contentious man to kindle strife. --Prov.
xxvi. 21.
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Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither.
--Shak.
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Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam.
--Milton.
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Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
--Dryden.
Syn: Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite;
arouse; stir up.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
kindled
adj 1: set afire; "the ignited paper"; "a kindled fire" [syn:
ignited, enkindled, kindled]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "kindled":
ablaze, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, ardent, blazing,
burning, candent, candescent, comburent, conflagrant, flagrant,
flaming, flaring, flickering, fuming, glowing, guttering,
ignescent, ignited, in a blaze, in a glow, in flames, incandescent,
inflamed, live, living, on fire, reeking, scintillant,
scintillating, smoking, smoldering, sparking, unextinguished,
unquenched