ENKINDLE

arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke

(verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); “arouse pity”; “raise a smile”; “evoke sympathy”

kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame

(verb) cause to start burning; “The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

enkindle (third-person singular simple present enkindles, present participle enkindling, simple past and past participle enkindled)

(archaic, transitive) To kindle; to arouse or evoke.

Anagrams

• enlinked

Source: Wiktionary


En*kin"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enkindled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enkindling.]

1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle. Shak.

2. To excite; to rouse into action; to incite. To enkindle the enthusiasm of an artist. Talfourd.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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