enkindle
pronunciation
How to pronounce enkindle in British English:
UK [ɪn'kɪndl]
How to pronounce enkindle in American English:
US [ɪn'kɪndəl]
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- Verb:
- cause to start burning
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Word Origin
- enkindle (v.)
- 1540s (literal), 1580s (figurative), from en- (1) + kindle. Related: Enkindled; enkindling.
Example
- 1. I simply let him enkindle me .
- 2. The blaze is just there , which only needs enkindle .
- 3. That hope might enkindle you to aim at the throne .
- 4. We neither want to enkindle fight or quarrel nor want to rub salt into the wounder of the competitors .