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upkindle

upkindle verb: to kindle upward.

Verb

upkindle (third-person singular simple present upkindles, present participle upkindling, simple past and past participle upkindled)

  1. (poetic) To kindle upward.

Forms of upkindle

third-person singular presentupkindles
present participleupkindling
past participleupkindled
pastupkindled

Origin of upkindle

From up- + kindle.

Questions about upkindle

What does upkindle mean?
Upkindle means to kindle upward.
What part of speech is upkindle?
Upkindle is a verb.
What is the past tense of upkindle?
The past tense of upkindle is upkindled.

Words near upkindle in the dictionary

  1. upkeeping
  2. upkeeps
  3. upkept
  4. upkick
  5. upkicks
  6. upkindle
  7. upkindled
  8. upkindles
  9. upkindling
  10. upknit
  11. upknits

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