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REKINDLE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they rekindle ... he / she / it rekindles
Past simple: rekindled
Past participle: rekindled
-ing form: rekindling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arouse again
Example:
rekindle her love
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "rekindle" is one way to...):
arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Kindle anew, as of a fire
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Hypernyms (to "rekindle" is one way to...):
conflagrate; enkindle; inflame; kindle (cause to start burning)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
