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单词 re-enkindle
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re-enkindlev.

Brit. /ˌriːᵻnˈkɪndl/, /ˌriːɛnˈkɪndl/, /ˌriːᵻŋˈkɪndl/, /ˌriːɛŋˈkɪndl/, U.S. /ˌriᵻnˈkɪnd(ə)l/, /ˌriɛnˈkɪnd(ə)l/, /ˌriᵻŋˈkɪnd(ə)l/, /ˌriɛŋˈkɪnd(ə)l/
Forms: see re- prefix and enkindle v.; also 1900s– reënkindle.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, enkindle v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + enkindle v. Compare earlier rekindle v.
1. transitive. To set alight again; to relight. Frequently in figurative context.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > kindle or set alight > again
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relumea1616
relumine1630
reaccend1645
refire1656
relight1662
reflame1697
reillume1752
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1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 67 With honour had he re-inkindled fire, To burne the wals of Rome to his desire.
1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. xii. 156 [The lamps] went out, never to be reenkindled.
1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 69 Enliv'ning Beams might from them fly, To re-inkindle..The radial sparks.
1720 S. Browne Hymns & Spiritual Songs iii. v. 388 But, Lord, from thee one kind and quick'ning Will pierce the gloom, and re-enkindle day.
1845 Ladies' Repository Jan. 9 Its light..shall be re-enkindled and shine forth with increasing brilliancy.
1851 J. Colquhoun Hist. Magic II. xlvi. 78 It is well known that, a few years ago, certain attempts were made to re-enkindle this unhallowed flame of fanaticism in the West of Scotland.
1900 F. A. Gasquet Eve of Reform. ii. 48 Some attempt was made to recover lost ground, or at least re-enkindle the lamp of learning.
2006 D. Searby tr. Revelations St. Birgitta of Sweden l. 142 You are like a shining, burning flame by which extinguished torches are re-enkindled.
2. transitive. figurative. To inspire or arouse (emotions or opinions) again. Also intransitive.
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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > ardent or fervent [verb (transitive)] > inflame (with) passion > again
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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > become ardent or fervent [verb (intransitive)] > become inflamed (of passion) > again
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1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living i. §2 ⁋4. 20 Renew and re-inkindle your purpose by short ejaculations.
a1711 T. Ken Anodynes in Wks. (1721) III. 394 Love re-enkindled in my frozen Soul.
1837 E. S. Wortley Fragments & Fancies 11 And hast thou now..wrought New Energies of Passion and of Thought? No! no!—thou hast but re-enkindled those That once..Swayed my deep spirit.
1879 L. Shepherd tr. P. Guéranger Liturg. Year: Time after Pentecost I. 195 The piety of her children was re-enkindled.
1921 V. O. Vogt Art & Relig. xxi. 224 The public exercises which most movingly celebrate and reënkindle the ideals of brotherhood.
1997 America (Nexis) 22 Mar. 8 To help us recapture the thrust of the events of the past, and the spirit that animated them, to re-enkindle the same enthusiasm in us now.
2007 Africa News (Nexis) 19 July Last week, the EFCC sprang to action and re-enkindled hope that the war against corruption may not be dead after all.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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