KIN'DLE, verb transitive [Latin accendo; from the root of candeo, caneo, to be light or white, to shine.] 1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to light; as, to kindle a fire. 2. To inflame, as the passions; to exasperate; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle resentment; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame. So is a contentious woman to kindle strife. Proverbs 26:21. 3. To bring forth. KIN'DLE, verb intransitive To take fire; to begin to burn with flame. Fuel and fire well laid, will kindle without a bellows. 1. To begin to rage, or be violently excited; to be roused or exasperated. It shall kindle in the thickets of the forest. Isaiah 9:18.
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