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The Return of the King
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- A light kindled in the sky, a blaze of yellow fire behind dark barriers Pippin cowered back, afraid for a moment, wondering into what dreadful country Gandalf was bearing him.†
Chpt 5.1
- War is kindled.†
Chpt 5.1
- There was no answer, unless it were an utter silence more dreadful than the whispers before; and then a chill blast came in which the torches flickered and went out, and could not be rekindled.†
Chpt 5.2rekindled = restarted (a fire)standard prefix: The prefix "re-" in rekindled means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- And he bade us to kindle no more lights or fires than barest need asked.†
Chpt 5.3
- Busy as ants hurrying orcs were digging, digging lines of deep trenches in a huge ring, just out of bowshot from the walls; and as the trenches were made each was filled with fire, though how it was kindled or fed, by art or devilry, none could see.†
Chpt 5.4
- Pity filled his heart and great wonder, and suddenly the slow-kindled courage of his race awoke.†
Chpt 5.6
- But before all went Aragorn with the Flame of the West, Anduril like a new fire kindled, Narsil re-forged as deadly as of old: and upon his brow was the Star of Elendil.†
Chpt 5.6
- War was kindled.†
Chpt 5.6
- Suddenly Faramir stirred, and he opened his eyes, and he looked on Aragorn who bent over him; and a light of knowledge and love was kindled in his eyes, and he spoke softly.†
Chpt 5.8
- Hope he rekindled, and in hope ended; over death, over dread, over doom lifted out of loss, out of life, unto long glory.†
Chpt 6.6 *rekindled = restarted (a fire)standard prefix: The prefix "re-" in rekindled means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- For a moment his eyes kindled.†
Chpt 6.6
- For they did not move or speak with mouth, looking from mind to mind; and only their shining eyes stirred and kindled as their thoughts went to and fro.†
Chpt 6.6 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(kindle as in: dry twigs to kindle a fire) start (a fire)
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(2)
(kindle as in: it may kindle her interest) arouse or inspire
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, Kindle can refer to a computer-reading tablet sold by Amazon.