Synonyms for enkindle
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-kin-dl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkɪn dl |
Définition of enkindle
Origin :- 1540s (literal), 1580s (figurative), from en- (1) + kindle. Related: Enkindled; enkindling.
- verb light
- It was a sky the sun did not illuminate or enkindle, as is usual at sunsets.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- Absence—a momentary separation—was enough to enkindle these flames.
- Extract from : « The Empress Josephine » by Louise Muhlbach
- But, perhaps, in no heart there did it enkindle such a fire as in mine.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family » by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
- Enkindle this dear earth that bore us,In the hour of peril purified.
- Extract from : « Poems of the Great War » by Various
- Nativity alone, however, is not often sufficient to enkindle the fire of patriotism in our hearts.
- Extract from : « Japan and the California Problem » by Toyokichi Iyenaga
- It can produce innumerable isolated acts, which may or may not be beneficent, but it cannot enkindle the “ordered charity.”
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 » by Various
- Put it upon thy hand, my beloved, and thou shalt see it enkindle.
- Extract from : « Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity » by Alexandre Kuprin
- This is the fire which the Son came to bring upon the earth with the desire to see it enkindle the world.
- Extract from : « Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 » by Various
- In the year 1881, a new plan was devised by the Government to enkindle strife in respect to the Maoris.
- Extract from : « The Treaty of Waitangi » by T. Lindsay Buick
- Suddenly a bright flash leaped up from the fragments the wicked man sought to enkindle, and revealed his garb and features.
- Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton
Antonyms for enkindle
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