What part of speech is kindled?

Kindled can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. kindled is a verb, past participle of kindle (infinitive).
  • 2. kindled is a verb, past simple of kindle (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does kindled mean?

Definitions

Adjective

kindled - set afire; "the ignited paper"; "a kindled fire"

Verb

kindle - catch fire; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles"
kindle - cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"
kindle - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

Examples of kindled

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A kindled fire.
2. verb It is impossible to burn a copy of Dante's Inferno because the ice of the ninth layer of hell will put out any fires kindled with earlier pages.
3. verb The wood was kindled, the flames arose, and a mouldering heap of ashes was soon all that remained of Mrs Askew and her fellow martyrs.
4. verb Excitement hung around Anne like a garment, shone in her eyes, kindled in every feature.
5. verb Such were the sensations of poor Daphnis, and thus he vented his feelings; like one within whose heart the sparks of love have for the first time been kindled.
6. verb The sight of all these things would have kindled love even among the aged and greatly did it inflame this young couple, already warmed by desire and longing for some other remedy, to love beyond a kiss and an embrace.
7. verb There was a light in her eyes and a colour in her cheek which had not been kindled for many a day, and which, joined to her great beauty, and the splendour of her dress, occasioned her entrance to be greeted with an universal murmur of applause.
8. verb If a fire breaking out light upon thorns, and catch stacks of corn, or corn standing in the fields, he that kindled the fire shall make good the loss.
9. verb But crafty Cytherea planned meanwhile / new arts, new schemes: that Cupid should conspire, / in likeness of Ascanius, to beguile / the queen with gifts, and kindle fierce desire, / and turn the marrow of her bones to fire.
10. verb “Just like that,” she said, having risen from a kneeling position and turning her face, flushed from blowing to kindle a fire, to the motionless woman. “I’ve lit a fire, and it will be warmer and brighter for you directly.”.
11. verb But crafty Cytherea planned meanwhile / new arts, new schemes: that Cupid should conspire, / in likeness of Ascanius, to beguile / the queen with gifts, and kindle fierce desire, / and turn the marrow of her bones to fire.
12. verb “Just like that,” she said, having risen from a kneeling position and turning her face, flushed from blowing to kindle a fire, to the motionless woman. “I’ve lit a fire, and it will be warmer and brighter for you directly.”.
Sentence  
adj.
A kindled fire.
verb
It is impossible to burn a copy of Dante's Inferno because the ice of the ninth layer of hell will put out any fires kindled with earlier pages.
The wood was kindled, the flames arose, and a mouldering heap of ashes was soon all that remained of Mrs Askew and her fellow martyrs.
Excitement hung around Anne like a garment, shone in her eyes, kindled in every feature.
Such were the sensations of poor Daphnis, and thus he vented his feelings; like one within whose heart the sparks of love have for the first time been kindled.
The sight of all these things would have kindled love even among the aged and greatly did it inflame this young couple, already warmed by desire and longing for some other remedy, to love beyond a kiss and an embrace.
There was a light in her eyes and a colour in her cheek which had not been kindled for many a day, and which, joined to her great beauty, and the splendour of her dress, occasioned her entrance to be greeted with an universal murmur of applause.
If a fire breaking out light upon thorns, and catch stacks of corn, or corn standing in the fields, he that kindled the fire shall make good the loss.
But crafty Cytherea planned meanwhile / new arts, new schemes: that Cupid should conspire, / in likeness of Ascanius, to beguile / the queen with gifts, and kindle fierce desire, / and turn the marrow of her bones to fire.
“Just like that,” she said, having risen from a kneeling position and turning her face, flushed from blowing to kindle a fire, to the motionless woman. “I’ve lit a fire, and it will be warmer and brighter for you directly.”.
But crafty Cytherea planned meanwhile / new arts, new schemes: that Cupid should conspire, / in likeness of Ascanius, to beguile / the queen with gifts, and kindle fierce desire, / and turn the marrow of her bones to fire.
“Just like that,” she said, having risen from a kneeling position and turning her face, flushed from blowing to kindle a fire, to the motionless woman. “I’ve lit a fire, and it will be warmer and brighter for you directly.”.

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