What is the difference between enkindle and kindle?
enkindle | kindle |
To kindle; to arouse or evoke.
* 1603-06, William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act 1, Scene 3:
* 1809, Philip Freneau, "Occasioned By a Legislation Bill proposing a Taxation upon Newspapers":
To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
, title= (figuratively) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).
(obsolete) To bring forth young; to give birth.
* (Shakespeare)
* Holland
Kindle is a related term of enkindle.
As verbs the difference between enkindle and kindle
is that enkindle is to kindle; to arouse or evoke while kindle is to start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).As a noun kindle is
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Verb
(enkindl)- That, trusted home, might yet enkindle you unto the crown, besides the Thane of Cawdor.
- "By them enkindled , every heart grew warm, / "By them excited, all were taught to arm,
kindle
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Hypernyms
* clowder, glaringVerb
(kindl)- And then it was that I first perceived the danger in which I stood; for there was no hope of kindling a light, and I doubted now whether even in the light I could ever have done much to dislodge the great slab of slate.
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- The poor beast had but lately kindled .