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rekindle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English kindle English rekindle From re- + kindle.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of reflash.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rekindles Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

reflash

rekindle en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English kindle English rekindle From re- + kindle.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To kindle again.
  2. (intransitive) To be kindled or ignited again.
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To revive.
    • It was rekindled this summer when going through the all-time football scores for St. Mary’s of Stockton and Oakdale (two of the top programs in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section) and I discovered that both of them can still count their worst losses as being to Stockton High at 78-0 and 90-0, respectively. 2015 October 1, Mark Tennis, “State’s Greatest Closed High Schools”, in Cal-Hi Sports:
    • After being abroad for a decade, when he came back he rekindled his obsession with cricket.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rekindling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rekindles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rekindled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rekindled Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

rekindler

Translations (28)

el αναζωπυρώνω (To revive) · mk во́зроди (To revive) · gv aafoad (To kindle once again) · de wiederentfachen (To revive) · fr raviver (To revive) · pl ożywiać (To revive) · cs znovu oživit (To revive) · cmn 重拾重新点燃 (To kindle once again) · de wiederentfachen (To kindle once again) · fi sytyttää uudestaan (To kindle once again) · mi tungutungu (To kindle once again) · pt reacender (To kindle once again) · pl ożywić (To revive) · bg пламвам отново (To kindle once again) · cs znovu roznítit (To kindle once again) · bg възраждам (To revive) · nrf aaghreesee (To revive) · fr rallumer (To kindle once again) · pl zapalić ponownie (To kindle once again) · mk по́вторно за́пали (To kindle once again) · cs znovu rozdmýchat (To kindle once again) · mk ожи́вее (To kindle once again) · la reconflō (To kindle once again) · mk пре́роди (To revive) · pl zapalać ponownie (To kindle once again) · gl atizar (To kindle once again) · el αναζωπυρώνω (To kindle once again) · fi saada uudelleen syttymään (To kindle once again)