To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to light; as, to kindle a fire.

To inflame, as the passions; to exasperate; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle resentment; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame. So is a contentious man to kindle strife. Proverbs 26:21.

To bring forth.

To take fire; to begin to burn with flame. Fuel and fire well laid, will kindle without a bellows.

To begin to rage, or be violently excited; to be roused or exasperated. It shall kindle in the thickets of the forest. Isaiah 9:78.