enkindle en · VERB
Meanings
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(archaic, transitive) To kindle; to arouse or evoke.
That, trusted home, might yet enkindle you unto the crown, besides the Thane of Cawdor.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:"By them enkindled, every heart grew warm, / "By them excited, all were taught to arm, […]
1809, Philip Freneau, Occasioned By a Legislation Bill proposing a Taxation upon Newspapers:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enkindles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| enkindling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enkindled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enkindled | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
reenkindle · enkindler · unenkindled
Synonyms
yerk · galvanize · set on fire · awaken · wake · fire · kindle · vitalise · rouse · quicken · enflame · enthrill · animate · sharpen · suscitate · set on fire · fire the blood · enkindle · excite · electrify · exhilarate · exsuscitate · stir the blood · intoxicate · fillip · whet · inflame · exagitate · inflame · set fire to · gin up · thrill · send · wind up · work up · warm the blood · ignite
Translations (7)
uk запалити (kindle; arouse or evoke) · uk розпалити (kindle; arouse or evoke) · de anzünden (kindle; arouse or evoke) · bg запалвам (kindle; arouse or evoke) · de anstecken (kindle; arouse or evoke) · bg разпалвам (kindle; arouse or evoke) · de entfachen (kindle; arouse or evoke)