verb (written)
1 to start burning; to make a fire start burning:
[V] We watched as the fire slowly kindled. * [VN] to kindle a fire / flame
2 to make sth such as an interest, emotion, etc. start to grow in sb; to start to be felt by sb:
[VN] It was her teacher who kindled her interest in music. * [V] Suspicion kindled within her.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for kindle is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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