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enkindled

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en·kin·dle  (n-kndl)
v. en·kin·dled, en·kin·dling, en·kin·dles
v.tr.
1. To set afire; light.
2. To incite; arouse.
3. To make luminous and glowing.
v.intr.
To catch fire.

en·kindler n.
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Adj.1.enkindled - set afire; "the ignited paper"; "a kindled fire"
lighted, lit - set afire or burning; "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"; "a lit firecracker"


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The nearer I approached to your habitation, the more deeply did I feel the spirit of revenge enkindled in my heart.
fires of animosity enkindled in that ancient strife smoulder to this
Our age is too enlightened to contend upon topics which concern only the interests of eternity; the men who hold in proper contempt all controversies about trifles, except such as inflame their own passions, have made it a commonplace censure against your ancestors, that their zeal was enkindled by subjects of trivial importance; and that however aggrieved by the intolerance of others, they were alike intolerant themselves.
 
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