Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to kindle
Participle: kindled
Gerund: kindling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | kindle |
| you | kindle |
| he;she;it | kindles |
| we | kindle |
| you | kindle |
| they | kindle |
Perfect
| I | have kindled |
| you | have kindled |
| he;she;it | has kindled |
| we | have kindled |
| you | have kindled |
| they | have kindled |
Past
| I | kindled |
| you | kindled |
| he;she;it | kindled |
| we | kindled |
| you | kindled |
| they | kindled |
Pluperfect
| I | had kindled |
| you | had kindled |
| he;she;it | had kindled |
| we | had kindled |
| you | had kindled |
| they | had kindled |
Future
| I | will kindle |
| you | will kindle |
| he;she;it | will kindle |
| we | will kindle |
| you | will kindle |
| they | will kindle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have kindled |
| you | will have kindled |
| he;she;it | will have kindled |
| we | will have kindled |
| you | will have kindled |
| they | will have kindled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | kindle |
| you | kindle |
| he;she;it | kindle |
| we | kindle |
| you | kindle |
| they | kindle |
Perfect
| I | have kindled |
| you | have kindled |
| he;she;it | have kindled |
| we | have kindled |
| you | have kindled |
| they | have kindled |
Imperfect
| I | kindled |
| you | kindled |
| he;she;it | kindled |
| we | kindled |
| you | kindled |
| they | kindled |
Pluperfect
| I | had kindled |
| you | had kindled |
| he;she;it | had kindled |
| we | had kindled |
| you | had kindled |
| they | had kindled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would kindle |
| you | would kindle |
| he;she;it | would kindle |
| we | would kindle |
| you | would kindle |
| they | would kindle |
Perfect
| I | would have kindled |
| you | would have kindled |
| he;she;it | would have kindled |
| we | would have kindled |
| you | would have kindled |
| they | would have kindled |
Imperative
| you | kindle |
| we | Let's kindle |
| you | kindle |
Verbs conjugated like 'kindle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'kindle'
dindle,
kinkle,
windle,
bingle,
bundle,
candle,
dandle,
diddle,
dinnle,
dwindle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure
- animate, awaken, call up, electrify, encourage, enflame, enkindle, enliven, enthrill, exagitate, excite, exhilarate, exsuscitate, fillip, fire, fire the blood, foment, galvanise, gin up, inflame, inspirit, intoxicate, invigorate, liven, liven up, pique, provoke, quicken, rouse, sharpen, stimulate, stir, stir the blood, stir up, stoke, suscitate, thrill, vitalize, wake, warm the blood, whet, work up
- to cause to begin burning; to start a [[fire]]
- conflagrate, fire, ignite, inflame, light, set ablaze, set afire, set aflame, set alight, set fire, set on fire
- ignite
- inflame, light, fire
- stimulate
- arouse, incite, provoke, rouse, animate, awaken, bestir, foment
- stir
- arouse, awaken, rally, whet
Antonyms
- to cause to begin burning; to start a [[fire]]
- douse, extinguish, put out, quench
- ignite
- extinguish, quench, repress, stop
- stimulate
- deaden, tranquilize, unnerve, discourage
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1200, from O.N.
kynda "to kindle," of uncertain origin, + freq. suffix
-le. Kindling "material for lighting fire" is from 1513.
2. From Middle English kyndelen, from Old Norse kynda (“to inflame”), from Proto-Germanic *kundijaną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*kundijaną'.
Verbs referencing "kindle"
Latin
candeo.
Sample Sentences
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[...] morning we got up, and some of us went on deck, to give them an opportunity of taking the shelves down; while others, the morning being very cold, crowded round the rusty stove, cherishing the newly kindled fire, and filling the grate with those voluntary contributions of which they had been so liberal all night. The washing accommodations were primitive. There was a tin ladle chained to the deck, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] runaway men and women, and their disfigured persons, which could not be published elsewhere, of so much stock upon a farm, or at a show of beasts:—do we not know that that man, whenever his wrath is kindled up, will be a brutal savage ? Do we not know that as he is a coward in his domestic life, stalking among his shrinking men and women slaves armed with his heavy whip, so he will be a coward out of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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It is now one of those intensely golden sunsets which kindles the whole horizon into one blaze of glory, and makes the water another sky. The lake lay in rosy or golden streaks, save where white-winged vessels glided hither and thither, like so many spirits, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee; for I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)