kindle

Verb

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  • arouse pity
    
  • raise a smile
    
  • evoke sympathy
    

• cause to start burning
  • The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds
    

• catch fire
  • The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  arouse , elicit , enkindle , evoke , fire , raise , provoke , conflagrate , inflame