Kindle \Kin"dle\, v. t. & i. [OE. kindlen, cundlen. See {Kind}.] To bring forth young. [Obs.] --Shak.
The poor beast had but lately kindled. --Holland.
Kindle \Kin`dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kindling}.] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L. candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. {Candle}.] 1. 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.
His breath kindleth coals. --Job xii. 21.
2. 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.
So is a contentious man to kindle strife. --Prov. xxvi. 21.
Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither. --Shak.
Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam. --Milton.
Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. --Dryden.
Kindle \Kin"dle\ (k[i^]n"d'l), v. i. 1. To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.
When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. --Is. xliii. 2.
2. (Fig.): To begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to be roused or exasperated.
On all occasions where forbearance might be called for, the Briton kindles, and the Christian gives way. --I. Taylor.
"Here at dusk, we kindle a thousand points of light _ our own thousand points of light _ to say that we will never again accept the darkness of back alley despair," said Ms. Michelman, who went to San Francisco after the Los Angeles rally.
It has been threatening to kindle an intercommunal strife." Saleh said an unidentified third party was currently engaged in a mediation effort to ensure Higgins' release and head off an Amal-Hezbollah clash.
But Lodovico's early exposure to a wine market harsh enough to call his family's Chianti 'dago red' did little to kindle his enthusiasm for the business.
West German officials fear that a weak mark will kindle latent inflationary pressures and damage progress made in rectifying trade imbalances between the U.S. and its major trading partners.
Nearly all the reporting congregations kindle the Sabbath candles before Friday evening services.