different between kindle vs enliven

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?ndl/
• Rhymes: -?nd?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English kindlen, from Old Norse kynda (“to inflame”), from Proto-Germanic *kundijan?.

Verb

kindle (third-person singular simple present kindles, present participle kindling, simple past and past participle kindled)

1. (transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
   • 1841, Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales, page 336:

     If a person kindle a fire in the house of another person, let him pay for the house to the owner, if it be burned.

   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4:

     And then it was that I first perceived the danger in which I stood; for there was no hope of kindling a light, and I doubted now whether even in the light I could ever have done much to dislodge the great slab of slate.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).

3. (intransitive, figuratively) To begin to grow or take hold.

   • The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum […]

Synonyms

• (to start a fire): ignite
• (to arouse): arouse, inspire

Antonyms

• (to start a fire): douse, extinguish
• (to arouse): dampen

Translations

Related terms

• enkindle
• kindling
• rekindle

Etymology 2

From Middle English kyndel, from kynde +? -el. The verb is derived from the noun form by conversion.

Noun

kindle (plural kindles)

1. (rare, collective) A group of kittens.

Hypernyms

• clowder, glaring

Translations

Verb

kindle (third-person singular simple present kindles, present participle kindling, simple past and past participle kindled)

1. (intransitive, of a rabbit or hare) To bring forth young; to give birth.
   • 2014, Karen Patry, The Rabbit-Raising Problem Solver, Storey Publishing ?ISBN, page 146:

     If she kindled and lost just a few kits and is not bony over her back and hind end, you can rebreed immediately. If she kindled a large litter (more than, say, eight kits), you may wish to wait a week or two before rebreeding so that she can  ...

   • The poor beast had but lately kindled.

Translations

Adjective

in kindle (not comparable)

1. (of an animal) pregnant

Anagrams

• Kindel, delink, dinkle, inkled, kilned, klined, linked

English

Etymology

From life +? en- -en, intensifying verbal circumfix.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?la?v?n/

  Rhymes: -a?v?n

Verb

enliven (third-person singular simple present enlivens, present participle enlivening, simple past and past participle enlivened)

1. (archaic, transitive) To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.
2. (transitive) To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.

   The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.

Synonyms

• liven
• liven up

Derived terms

• enlivener
• enlivenment

Translations

See also

• animate
• brighten
• cheer up
• invigorate
• quicken
• vitalize

References