kindle
/ˈkɪn.dəl/ verb C1- To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
- To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc). · He kindled an enthusiasm for the project in his fellow workers.
- To begin to grow or take hold.
He/she/it kindles · Past kindled · Past participle kindled · -ing form kindling
Verb forms
- Base form
- kindle
- He/she/it
- kindles
- Past
- kindled
- Past participle
- kindled
- -ing form
- kindling
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The apple lay untouched on her desk until the next morning, when little Timothy Andrews, who swept the school and kindled the fire, annexed it as one of his perquisites.
“Have you discovered another kindred spirit?” Excitement hung around Anne like a garment, shone in her eyes, kindled in every feature.
Ah, my friend!” said the abbé, turning towards Dantès, and surveying him with the kindling gaze of a prophet, “you are young, you will see all this come to pass.”
And it is certain that she looked at Chandler, with his animated but self-possessed manner and his kindling and frank blue eyes, with something not far from admiration in her own charming face.
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