enkindle
1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) - arouse pity - raise a smile - evoke sympathy • Syn: arouse, elicit, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke • Derivationally related forms: provocative (for: provoke), provocation (for: provoke), evocative (for: evoke), evocation (for: evoke), elicitation (for: elicit), arousal (for: arouse) • Hypernyms: make, create • Hyponyms: strike a chord, touch a chord, invite, ask for, draw, rekindle, infatuate, prick, inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up, stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir, anger, upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit, shame, hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite, overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake, interest • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 2. cause to start burning - The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds • Syn: kindle, conflagrate, inflame • Derivationally related forms: inflammation (for: inflame) • Hypernyms: ignite, light • Hyponyms: rekindle • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something
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