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kindle

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1. kindle - Noun

2. kindle - Adjective

3. kindle - Verb

5. Kindle - Proper noun

Meaning

To bring forth young.

To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings.

Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame.

To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.

Fig.: To begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to be roused or exasperated.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. Carl Jung

Ideas often kindle each other, like electrical sparks. Friedrich Engels

The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds. Frederick William Robertson

The tears of the roasting meat kindle the fire even more. Persian Proverb

Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish. English Proverb

Little chips kindle fire, and big logs sustain it. Portuguese Proverb

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