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rekindle

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re·kin·dle  (r-kndl)
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
Verb
[-dling, -dled] to arouse (former emotions or interests)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.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"
Translations
rekindle [riːˈkɪndl] vtvolver a encender;
(fig) → despertar
rekindle [riːˈkɪndl] vtrallumer (fig); raviver
rekindle [riːˈkɪndl] vt (interest, emotion etc) → wiedererwecken
rekindle [riːˈkɪndl] vtriaccendere


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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.
But this intercession seemed to rekindle the general.
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.
 
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