kindle

1. (transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).Examples: "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."; "Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame."Synonyms: fire, ignite, inflame, set on fireAntonyms: douse, extinguishtransitive

2. (transitive, figurative) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).Examples: "He kindled an enthusiasm for the project in his fellow workers."; "A Svveet diſorder in the dreſſe / Kindles in cloathes a vvantonneſſe: […]"; "Let the young perish in their hour of promise—how much will they be spared!—passion, that kindles but to consume the heart, and leaves either vacancy or regret, a ruin or a desert;..."Synonyms: arouse, inspire, animate, arouse, awaken, beghast, leaven, brightAntonyms: dampenfigurativelytransitive

3. (intransitive, figurative) To begin to grow or take hold.Examples: "The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum […]"figurativelyintransitive