enkindling

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He ran the match crackling along the underside of the table and fell to enkindling his cigar.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

At forty-seven, that second youth, the Indian summer of the emotions, which lingers like autumnal sunshine in the lives of most men and of a few women, was again enkindling his heart.

From Virginia by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

If we seek the enkindling fire and the moral elevation of high principle and profound conviction and resolute courage, we find a never-ceasing inspiration in the unfaltering earnestness and imperishable deeds of the Pilgrim Fathers.

From Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z by Various

A quiet-voiced man was talking, lauding the exploit of the three embattled Earthmen, skillfully and subtly enkindling enthusiasm, raising wholesome doubts as to the invulnerability of the hated Mercutians.

From Slaves of Mercury by Schachner, Nathan

From the first moment of beholding you, I felt love for you enkindling my heart, I became aware of an unknown happiness.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall