kindle (1)

t. & i. [Icel. kyndilla candle, a torch.] A. Transitive : I. Lit .: To set on fire; to set fire to; to light. II. Figuratively : 1. To inflame, as the pa ions; to excite to action; to stir up; to provoke; to fire; to animate; to heat. "He hath kindled his wrath against me, and counteth me as one of his enemies." Job xix. 11. 2. To incite, to encourage. B. Intransitive: 1. Lit .: To take fire; to be set on fire; to flame. "When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee."- Isaiah xliii. 2. 2. Fig .: To be inflamed; to become excited or stirred up to action; to be roused; to grow warm. "My pity kindles at his woe." Cowper: Olney Hymns, xii. *kindle-coal, *kindle-fire, s. A promoter or stirrer-up of strife; a firebrand. "In these wars amongst saints Satan is the great kindle-coal."- Gurnall . *kindle-fire, s. [KINDLE-COAL.] *kin'-dle (2), *kind-len, *kun-dle, *kynd-lyn, v. t. & i. [KINDLE, 8.] A. Trans.: To bring forth; to bear. "The cony that you see dwell where she is kindled."Shakesp.: As You Like It , iii. 2. B. In trans.: To bring forth or bear young. Used specifically of hares and rabbits in both cases. *kin-dle, *kin-del, *kyn-dle, s. [Eng. kind; dim in. suff. -le, -el.] A generation, a brood. "Kyndlis of edderis." -Wycliffe : Luke iii. 7. kin'-dler, s . [Eng. kindl (e); -er.] 1. Ord. Lang.: One who or that which kindles, inflames, or excites; an inflamer, an exciter. 2. Domestic: An attachment to a stove, by which a body of easily lighted material is brought against the fuel in the stove to kindle it. *kind-le , a. [Eng. kind; -le .] Without regard for ties of kindred; without fellow or parallel; unnatural. kind-11-ěr, comp. of a. [KINDLY.]