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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kindle \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.


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              His breath kindleth coals.            --Job xii. 21.
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     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.
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              So is a contentious man to kindle strife. --Prov.
                                                    xxvi. 21.
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              Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither.
                                                    --Shak.
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              Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam.
                                                    --Milton.
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              Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     Syn: Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite;
          arouse; stir up.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kindled
       adj : set afire; "the ignited paper"; "a kindled fire" [syn: {ignited},
              {enkindled}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "kindled":
     ablaze, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, ardent, blazing,
     burning, candent, candescent, comburent, conflagrant, flagrant,
     flaming, flaring, flickering, fuming, glowing, guttering,
     ignescent, ignited, in a blaze, in a glow, in flames, incandescent,
     inflamed, live, living, on fire, reeking, scintillant,
     scintillating, smoking, smoldering, sparking, unextinguished,
     unquenched
  
  

















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