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rekindle, v.|riːˈkɪnd(ə)l|
[re- 5 a.]
1. trans. To kindle again, set fire to afresh. (Freq. in fig. context.)
1593Nashe Foure Lett. Confut. Wks. (Grosart) II. 212 That thou shouldst..rekindle against him the sparkes of displeasure that were quenched. 1660Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. xi. 79 The Coals began to be re-kindled in several places. a1711Ken Urania Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 431 Soon as my sight Charissa bless'd, She Fire re-kindled in my Breast. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XIV. 627/1 The phosphorus may be frequently rekindled by means of light. 1862S. St. John Life Forests Far East II. 98 The ashes of the fires were still warm, and we had no difficulty in rekindling them.
b. fig. To inflame afresh, rouse anew.
1652Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Hist. Relat. 19 When news was brought that the kings anger was rekindled against the Dutch. 1711Shaftesbury Charact. (1737) II. 361 Let me advise you..that since you have rekindled me, you do not by delaying give me time to cool again. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxxvi. III. 481 Their ambition was soon rekindled. 1821Shelley Adonais ii, One, with soft enamoured breath, Rekindled all the fading melodies. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xi. 8 Hirst now undertook the task of rekindling the guide's enthusiasm.
2. intr. To take fire again; also fig.
1597Beard Theatre God's Judgem. (1612) 159 So the fire rekindled, and consumed it to nothing. 1829W. Irving Granada I. vi. 51 All his holy zeal and pious indignation rekindled at the sight. 1878B. Taylor Deukalion i. v. 41 No will rekindles, not to war with fate.
Hence reˈkindled ppl. a., reˈkindling vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also reˈkindlement, reˈkindler.
1660Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. xiii. 85 The re-kindled Match went out again. 1737Thomson To Pr. Wales ii, Her rekindling eyes resume their fire. 1762–9Falconer Shipwr. ii. 712 Horrors..rous'd to action his rekindling soul. 1838Poe A. G. Pym Wks. 1864 IV. 105 All the energy of rekindled hope. 1846Maurice Relig. World i. iii. (1861) 70 The rekindler of feelings, which had been existing previously. 1855Bailey Mystic 49 At the great rekindling, when the heavens Shall shine with souls in galaxies. 1883Athenæum 24 Feb. 244/3 The occasional rekindlement of the flame by the renewal of ‘sight and touch’. |