relume
verbEtymology From re- + (il)lume.
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Archaic To rekindle; to relight (literally or figuratively).
- Aratus, who a while relum'd the Soul / Of fondly lingering Liberty in Greece […] .1730, James Thomson, The Seasons, ‘Autumn’
- 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; […]1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 222:
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- 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.1826, [Mary Shelley], The Last Man. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
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Archaic 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.1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary: A Fiction:
- Related terms
- illuminate, luminous