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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Kindle

Kin′dle, v. t. & i. [OE. kindlen, cundlen. See Kind.] To bring forth young. [Obs.] Shak.

The poor beast had but lately kindled. Holland.

Kin′dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kindled; p. pr. & vb. n. Kindling.] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L. candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. Candle.] 1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings.

His breath kindleth coals. Job xii. 21.

2. Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame.

So is a contentious man to kindle strife. Prov. xxvi. 21.

Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither. Shak.

Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam. Milton.

Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. Dryden.

Syn. — Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite; arouse; stir up.

Kin′dle (kĭn′d'l), v. i. 1. To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.

When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Is. xliii. 2.

2. Fig.: To begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to be roused or exasperated.

On all occasions where forbearance might be called for, the Briton kindles, and the Christian gives way. I. Taylor.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.