rekindle

English

Etymology

Verb

rekindle (third-person singular simple present rekindles, present participle rekindling, simple past and past participle rekindled)

(transitive) To kindle again.
(intransitive) To be kindled or ignited again.
(transitive, figuratively) To revive.
After being abroad for a decade, when he came back he rekindled his obsession with cricket.

Translations

To kindle once again

Chinese:
Mandarin: 重拾重新点燃
Finnish: sytyttää uudestaan, saada uudelleen syttymään
French: rallumer (fr)

German: wiederentfachen
Manx: aafoad
Maori: tungutungu

To revive

French: raviver (fr)
German: wiederentfachen

Norman: aaghreesee

Anagrams

Elderkin, delinker, linkered, nerdlike, relinked

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