What does enkindle mean?
Definitions for enkindle
ɛnˈkɪn dlenkin·dle
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Princeton's WordNet
kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflameverb
cause to start burning
"The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provokeverb
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
"arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
Wiktionary
enkindleverb
To kindle; to arouse or evoke.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Enkindleverb
Etymology: from kindle.
Edmund, enkindle all the sparks of nature
To quit this horrid act. William Shakespeare, King Lear.Your hand
Gave sign for me to leave you: so I did,
Fearing to strengthen that impatience,
Which seem’d too much enkindled. William Shakespeare, Jul. Cæsar.Do you not hope your children shall be kings?
When those that gave the thane of Cawder to me,
Promis’d no less to them?
———— That, trusted home,
Might yet enkindle you unto the crown. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.
ChatGPT
enkindle
To enkindle means to set something on fire or to ignite. It can also figuratively mean to arouse or inspire certain emotions or feelings.
Webster Dictionary
Enkindleverb
to set on fire; to inflame; to kindle
Enkindleverb
to excite; to rouse into action; to incite
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Enkindle
en-kin′dl, v.t. to kindle or set on fire: to inflame: to rouse.—p.adj. Enkin′dled.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of enkindle in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of enkindle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of enkindle in a Sentence
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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