enkindle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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to set on fire; kindle
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to excite to activity or ardour; arouse
Other Word Forms
- enkindler noun
Etymology
Origin of enkindle
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Example Sentences
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His father gave him lessons about it but then stopped: “He could not enkindle in the heart of the child what was ashes in his own.”
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021
Minardi fought to enkindle the Catholic faith in youth — and he never gave up for the 70 years he was Ozzano’s parish priest, until coronavirus killed him at 94.
From Washington Times • Apr. 8, 2020
Friendly and exuberant “Let your wisdom enkindle others” “Looking forward for an everlasting scientific relationship!”
From Nature • Dec. 13, 2016
That he could not enkindle in the heart of the child what was ashes in his own.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
They’re not so bad if they’re made just right, Tho’ they don’t enkindle our appetite.
From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston
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