Antonyms for kindle

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kin-dl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɪn dl

Definition of kindle

Origin : c.1200, cundel, "to set fire to, to start on fire," probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse kynda "to kindle, to light a fire," Swedish quindla "kindle," of uncertain origin, + frequentative suffix -le. Figurative use from c.1300. Intransitive sense "to begin to burn, to catch fire" is from c.1400. Related: Kindled; kindling.
Influenced in form, and sometimes in Middle English in sense, with kindel "to give birth" (of animals), "bring forth, produce" (c.1200), from kindel (n.) "offspring of an animal, young one," from Old English gecynd (see kind (n.)) + -el.

verb start a fire
verb excite, incite

Example sentences :

Kindle the light of the light-house, and it has nothing to do, except to shine.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

They have coal, but even the wood to kindle the coal is imported.
Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

All their explanations only served to kindle anew their anger.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

But all his efforts to kindle the fire were in vain; the wood only smoked.
Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen

She had a twinge of pity, watching the old faces pale and kindle.
Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet

I collected some dry chips and branches and prepared to kindle a fire.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

He told himself it would be easy to kindle a new fire on the warm hearth.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Nancy, now back from Sulby, was blowing into the bars of the grate to kindle a fire.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

And we shall come with the pine-torch to kindle it, and with pitch and tow to feed it.
Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon

Does it kindle a single ray of dawn the more in a human soul?
Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

Synonyms for kindle

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