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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
enkindle
    v 1: cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky
         with oranges and reds" [syn: kindle, enkindle,
         conflagrate, inflame]
    2: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
       pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse,
       elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise,
       provoke]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Enkindle \En*kin"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enkindled; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Enkindling.]
   1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To excite; to rouse into action; to incite.
      [1913 Webster]

            To enkindle the enthusiasm of an artist. --Talfourd.
      [1913 Webster]

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