Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kindle \Kin`dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kindled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Kindling}.] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L.
   candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. {Candle}.]
   1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to
      cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle
      a match, or shavings.

            His breath kindleth coals.            --Job xii. 21.

   2. Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke;
      to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to
      incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame
      of love, or love into a flame.

            So is a contentious man to kindle strife. --Prov.
                                                  xxvi. 21.

            Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither.
                                                  --Shak.

            Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam.
                                                  --Milton.

            Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
                                                  --Dryden.

   Syn: Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite;
        arouse; stir up.

Source : WordNet®

kindling
     n 1: material for starting a fire [syn: {tinder}, {touchwood}, {spunk},
           {punk}]
     2: the act of setting on fire or catching fire [syn: {ignition},
         {firing}, {lighting}, {inflammation}]