单词 | enkindle |
释义 | enkindlev. 1. transitive. To cause (a flame, etc.) to blaze up. Chiefly figurative to excite (passions, war, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > incite revolt or strife [verb (transitive)] stira1023 kindlea1400 enkindle1582 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > kindle or set alight > specifically a flame enkindle1582 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 38 Whose sight thy passion angrye Enkendleth. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 19 A short blaz'd straw-fire, to tinde or inkindle Hell-fire. 1652 Bp. S. Patrick Funeral Serm. in J. Smith Sel. Disc. 533 He who inflames our souls with love to God, will certainly enkindle a subordinate love within us to himself. a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) VI. 531 (R.) The apprehension..ran..of its [the Fire of London] being inkindled with design by the French and Dutch. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 185. ⁋7 Fresh remembrance of vexation must still enkindle rage. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 307 All parties had cautiously avoided enkindling a civil war. 1819 Monthly Mag. 48 307 This poetic fury appears to have been first enkindled in Bodmer by the appearance of the five first books of Klopstock's Messiah. 1858 C. Kingsley Andromeda 329 In her heart new life was enkindled. 2. a. To set (a combustible) on fire. In lit. sense Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > kindle or set alight > specifically a combustible enkindle1548 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Rom. in Paraphr. New Test. xiii. (R.) Nor let us extinguish the smoldering flaxe, but enkendle it. 1638 Bp. J. Wilkins Discov. New World (1707) iii. 29 Such solid Orbs, that by their swift Motion might heat and enkindle the adjoining Air. 1747 Hales in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 582 (2) Some Means..to inkindle the sulphureous Vapours. 1794 T. Taylor tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece I. 43 But then the pieces of wood..were enkindled without fire. b. figurative. To inflame with passion, desire, etc. †Former const. to (an action, object of pursuit). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > ardent or fervent [verb (transitive)] > inflame (with) passion annealeOE ontendeOE anheatOE atend1006 tindc1175 firec1225 heat?c1225 inlowa1300 inflamea1340 eschaufec1374 flamec1380 kindlec1390 chafe1393 achafea1400 to set a firec1400 lighta1413 incense1435 scaldc1480 embrase1483 incend?1504 to set on fire?1526 enkindle1561 enfire1596 flush1633 boil1649 calenturea1657 infirea1661 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > desire vehemently or passionately [verb (transitive)] > inflame with passionate desire inflamea1340 scaldc1480 enkindle1561 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iv. xvi. 662 They shall hereby be the more inkindled to the endevor of renuing. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. iii. 119 That trusted home, Might yet enkindle you vnto the Crowne. View more context for this quotation a1619 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 25 The King..inkindled with this affront, spared not his Person, to auenge his wrath. 1628 Bp. J. Hall Olde Relig. v. ii. 36 He is inwardly inkindled to an indeauour of good. 1834 B. Disraeli Revolutionary Epick iii. xiii. 180 The voice, that like a trump Their blood enkindled. c. transferred. To light up, illuminate. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > illumination > illuminate [verb (transitive)] onlighteOE enlightOE alemeOE alightOE lightOE belighta1200 lightena1382 clear1382 alightenc1384 lumine1387 clarify1398 shine1398 shed1412 beamc1430 enlymec1440 illumine1447 enlumine1481 illustre1490 enclear1509 elumine1532 illuminate1535 unshadow1550 illightena1555 allumine1570 eluminate1580 unnight1594 enlighten1595 to strike up1598 illume1604 luminate1623 illustrate1625 unbenight1629 emblaze1637 burn1712 alluminate1726 lamp1808 enkindle1870 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 114 That literary heaven..artificially enkindled from behind. 1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 1372 And the light of their eyeballs enkindled so bright with the lightnings of death. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or be on fire [verb (intransitive)] > catch fire or begin to burn quicka1225 kindle?c1225 tindc1290 atend1398 to catch fire (also afire, on fire)c1400 quickenc1425 enkindle1556 fire1565 to set on fire1596 take1612 catch1632 conflagrate1657 to fly on fire1692 to go up1716 deflagrate1752 flagrate1756 inflame1783 ignite1818 to fire up1845 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties ii. f. 77v Those thinges, wherunto moste men enkindled with greedinesse be haled. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ i. xxxvii. 84 Wet Hay laid together..soon inkindles. 1747 Hales in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 584 Those who have been on high Hills have observed Lightening to inkindle among the Clouds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1548 |
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