rekindle

re·kin·dle (r

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tr.v. re·kin·dled, re·kin·dling, re·kin·dles

1. To relight (a fire).

2. To revive or renew: rekindled an old interest in the sciences.

rekindle [riːˈkɪnd^əl]

1. to arouse or cause to be aroused again rekindle the romance in your relationship

2. to set alight or start to burn again

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Verb	1.	rekindle - kindle anew, as of a fire conflagrate, enkindle, kindle, inflame - cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"
	2.	rekindle - arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love" arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

rekindle

verb reawaken, stimulate, revive, arouse, stir up, revivify, re-activate Her interest was rekindled.

Translations

rekindle [ˈriːˈkɪndl] VT

1. [+ fire] → volver a encender

2. (fig) [+ enthusiasm, hatred] → reanimar, reavivar

rekindle [ˌriːˈkɪnd^əl] vt [+ memory, love, hatred] → raviver

rekindle

vt (lit) fire, flame → wieder anzünden; (fig) passions, love → wieder entzünden or entflammen; tensions, enmities → wieder aufflammen lassen; hope, interest → wiedererwecken; debate → wieder entfachen; affair → wieder aufleben lassen

vi (lit) → wieder aufflackern; (fig, passion, love also) → wieder entflammen; (tensions, enmities) → wieder aufflammen; (hope, interest) → wieder erwachen

rekindle [ˌriːˈkɪndl] vt (also) (fig) → riaccendere

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s half-filled snuff-box, -- scarcely had this occurred when Marseilles began, in spite of the authorities, to rekindle the flames of civil war, always smouldering in the south, and it required but little to excite the populace to acts of far greater violence than the shouts and insults with which they assailed the royalists whenever they ventured abroad.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

But this intercession seemed to rekindle the general.

The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

Of the fifty just mentioned, some were occupied in endeavouring to rekindle the fire; but in general they seemed to have no object in view but to prowl and lounge about the old place: being often found asleep in the ruins, or sitting talking there, or even eating and drinking, as in a choice retreat.

Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context

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