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单词 enkindle
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enkindlev.

/ɛnˈkɪnd(ə)l/
Forms: Also 1500s enkendle, 1500s–1700s inkindle.
Etymology: < en- prefix1 + kindle v.1
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.
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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.
3. intransitive. To take fire; to burst forth in flame.
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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).
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