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Meanings of kindle in English

Portuguese
provocar
Catalan
moure
Spanish
despertar

Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

provocar
Portuguese
acender
Catalan
abrandar
Spanish
encender

Cause to start burning.

acender
Synonyms
Examples for "inflame"
Examples for "inflame"
1
The move, according to union sources, is likely to inflame the situation.
The Irish Times
2
Unions said mass dismissals would be counterproductive and inflame the situation further.
Reuters
3
He'd tried to let Caffarelli inflame him in a special way, too.
Cry to heaven
4
They employed all their skill to inflame the passions of the majority.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
5
Pitt then deprecated the effort to inflame the insular pride of Irishmen.
William Pitt and the Great War
1
A second one and you'll conflagrate.
The Little Lady of the Big House
2
The pod blew, its payload conflagrating in an apocalypse instant, and it plummetted in a smoke-described arc.
Iron Council

To start (a fire).

Usage of kindle in English
1
Two dry logs and one wet; the dry ones kindle the wet.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and ...
2
Paul determined to kindle a fire in the manner of the negroes.
Paul and Virginia from the French of J.B.H. de Saint Pierre
3
Amazon's kindle application is great, but there's nothing like having some choice.
Reuters
4
The circle closed around Nyoda and she stooped to kindle the fire.
The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, Over the Top with the Winn...
5
When they reached the steppe, the morning red was beginning to kindle.
What Men Live By, and Other Tales
6
Paul determined to kindle a fire after the manner of the negroes.
Paul and Virginia
7
Of comforting thy limbs in warmth, though thou kindle not a spark.
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush
8
He tried another, and struck it too lightly to kindle the flame.
Man and Wife
9
The final effect of its predecessors had been to kindle this instinct.
Embarrassments
10
This is quite enough to kindle the elements of a female war.
Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
11
But they also frequently kindle fire from the friction of two sticks.
The History of Sumatra / Containing An Account Of The Government...
12
The glaciers on Mount Hood began to kindle as with silver fires.
The Log School-House on the Columbia
13
When it is past, we will kindle the lights, and will eat.
Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
14
It shall kindle strife between father and son, between brother and brother.
The Story of Siegfried
15
I intend to kindle a blaze of geological zeal before you return.
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian ...
16
He suffered a lurking smile to kindle to some strength of meaning.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
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Kindle through the time
Kindle across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare