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To enkindle again.

To kindle again.

Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power. Dryden.

An inferior kind. Dryden.

Having no race or kindred; childless. [Obs. & R.] Shak.

Unkindness. Tennyson.

Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.

Not kindred; not of the same kin. [Obs.] Rowe. -- Un*kin"dred*ly, a.

The females of the human race; women, collectively. A sanctuary into which womankind, with her tools of magic, the broom and mop, has very infrequent access. Hawthorne.

A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife. Abbott.

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori.

or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard. Abacus harmonicus (Mus.), an ancient diagram showing the structure and disposition of the keys of an instrument. Crabb.

Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe.

ts, that need pruning by study. Bacon. The public men of England, with much of a peculiar kind of ability. Macaulay.

Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to e…

(of mind); as, absence of mind. "Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind." Addison. To conquer that abstraction which is called absence. Landor.

The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat. Penance, fasts, and abstinence, To punish bodies for the soul's offense. Dryden.

To set on fire; to kindle. [Obs.] Fotherby.

Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.