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enkindles

enkindles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of enkindle.

Meaning of enkindle

Verb

enkindle (third-person singular simple present enkindles, present participle enkindling, simple past and past participle enkindled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To kindle; to arouse or evoke.
    • That, trusted home, might yet enkindle you unto the crown, besides the Thane of Cawdor.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about enkindles

What is enkindles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Enkindles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of enkindle.

Words near enkindles in the dictionary

  1. Enkidu
  2. enkindle
  3. enkindled
  4. enkindler
  5. enkindlers
  6. enkindles
  7. enkindling
  8. enknit
  9. enkolpia
  10. enkolpion
  11. enkolpions

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