Synonyms: kindle, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, arouse, raise, provoke
Definition: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Usage: arouse pity; raise a smile; evoke sympathy
Definition: make or cause to be or to become
Usage: make a mess in one's office; create a furor
Synonyms: kindle, enkindle, inflame, conflagrate
Definition: cause to start burning
Usage: The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds
Definition: cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
Usage: Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter; Light a cigarette
Definition: catch fire
Usage: The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles
Similar words: flare up
Definition: ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down
Usage: the fire flared up and died down once again