rekindle

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ kindle.

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England): (file)

Verb

rekindle (third-person singular simple present rekindles, present participle rekindling, simple past and past participle rekindled)

(transitive) To kindle again.
(intransitive) To be kindled or ignited again.
(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

Bulgarian: пламвам отново (plamvam otnovo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 重拾重新点燃
Czech: znovu rozdmýchat pf, znovu roznítit pf
Finnish: sytyttää uudestaan, saada uudelleen syttymään
French: rallumer (fr)
Galician: atizar (gl)
German: wiederentfachen
Latin: reconflō
Macedonian: ожи́вее (ožívee), по́вторно за́пали (póvtorno zápali)
Manx: aafoad
Maori: tungutungu
Portuguese: reacender (pt)

To revive

Bulgarian: възраждам (bg) (vǎzraždam)
Czech: znovu oživit pf
French: raviver (fr)
German: wiederentfachen
Macedonian: пре́роди (prérodi), во́зроди (vózrodi)
Norman: aaghreesee

Anagrams

Elderkin, delinker, linkered, nerdlike, relinked