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Definition of "enkindle" [en•kin•dle]

  • To set afire; light. (verb-transitive)
  • To incite; arouse. (verb-transitive)
  • To make luminous and glowing. (verb-transitive)
  • To catch fire. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "enkindle" in a sentence
  • "Here he still speaks, I think, in a free, off-hand, even jesting, [234] manner ( 'enkindle' meaning merely 'excite you to _hope_ for')."
  • "I doubt whether 'enkindle' has not another sense than that of"
  • "And on the other hand, the power and the spells of the devilish non-humans, who enkindle the evils, increase and become powerful."