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Word entry · 6 letters

kindle

Best crossword clue

"Set alight"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɪn.dəl/Part of speech verbSorted deiklnStarts with KEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
1K2I3N4D5L6E

Definitions

  1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

Word origin

From Middle English kyndelen, from Old Norse kynda (“to inflame”), from Proto-Germanic *kundijaną.

Used in a sentence

  • If a person kindle a fire in the house of another person, let him pay for the house to the owner, if it be burned.
  • And then it was that I first perceived the danger in which I stood; for there was no hope of kindling a light, and I doubted now whether even in the light I could ever have done much to dislodge the great slab of slate.
  • He kindled an enthusiasm for the project in his fellow workers.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Set alight6 letters
02Start a fire6 letters

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