relume

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8
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6

Definition of relume

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (archaic, transitive)To rekindle; to relight (literally or figuratively).
    “Aratus, who a while relum'd the Soul / Of fondly lingering Liberty in Greece […] .”
    “Then I bethought me of the glorious doom / Of those who sternly struggle to relume / The lamp of Hope o’er man's bewildered lot; […]”
    “For a time, I thought that, by watching a complying moment, fostering the still warm ashes, I might relume in her the flame of love.”
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verb

  1. (archaic, transitive)To rekindle; to relight (literally or figuratively).
    “Aratus, who a while relum'd the Soul / Of fondly lingering Liberty in Greece […] .”
    “Then I bethought me of the glorious doom / Of those who sternly struggle to relume / The lamp of Hope o’er man's bewildered lot; […]”
    “For a time, I thought that, by watching a complying moment, fostering the still warm ashes, I might relume in her the flame of love.”
  2. (archaic, transitive)To make clear or bright again.
    “[H]e opened his eyes again; the spreading film retired, and love relumed them—he gave a look—it was never forgotten.”

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Etymology

From re- + (il)lume.

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