enkindled

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The settings, enkindled by Jennifer Tipton’s lighting, are sketched against a lyrical, abstract background.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2022

So full of magnetic fire she had never been disciplined to control; had love been sooner enkindled, she would but sooner have leaped into its flame, whether it meant warmth or destruction.

From An I.D.B. in South Africa by Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise

When a light from within had enkindled the flame,—

From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Morgan, Louisa

Every American will read these works with national pride, and have his better feelings and sentiments enkindled and strengthened.—Western literary Messenger.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

Indeed, that "indignation" which we have seen enkindled by selfishness, though not easily roused, could not always restrain itself in the hearing of small gossip or busy scandal.

From Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. by Hall, Edward B.