rekindle

English

Etymology

re- +‎ kindle

Verb

rekindle (third-person singular simple present rekindl, present participle ing, simple past and past participle rekindled)

1. (transitive) To kindle again.
2. (intransitive) To be kindled or ignited again.
3. (transitive, figurative) To revive.

   After being abroad for a decade, when he came back he rekindled his obsession with cricket.

Translations

To kindle once again

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重拾重新点燃

• Finnish: sytyttää uudestaan, saada uudelleen syttymään
• French: rallumer (fr)
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• German: wiederentfachen
• Latin: reconflō
• Manx: aafoad
• Maori: tungutungu

To revive

• French: raviver (fr)
• German: wiederentfachen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norman: aaghreesee

Anagrams

• Elderkin, delinker, linkered, nerdlike, relinked