kindle

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

kin·dle [kindle kindles kindled kindling] BrE [ˈkɪndl] NAmE [ˈkɪndl] verb
1. intransitive, transitive to start burning; to make a fire start burning
•We watched as the fire slowly kindled.
•~ sth to kindle a fire/flame
2. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to make sth such as an interest, emotion, etc. start to grow in sb; to start to be felt by sb
•It was her teacher who kindled her interest in music.
•Suspicion kindled within her.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: based on Old Norse kynda, influenced by Old Norse kindill ‘candle, torch’.

Example Bank:
•It was her mother who kindled her interest in music.
•She felt a warmth of pride kindle in her.
•Suspicion kindled within him.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke, conflagrate, inflame