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English
Etymology
From re- + light.
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relight (third-person singular simple present relights, present participle relighting, simple past and past participle relighted or relit)
- (transitive, intransitive) To light or kindle anew.
1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 178:By Tuesday evening the track had been cleared to the three snowbound engines, and the following day, under their own steam, they were moved away; the business of relighting their fires and raising steam in such conditions is better imagined than described.
- To light or illuminate anew.
1983 April 30, Sue Hyde, “Expanding Worldviews”, in Gay Community News, page 12:The lights went down on Gilbert ranting and raving about surviving nuclear war. The stage was relit and Holly sang her song, "Family Promise," written to her baby nephew.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To render again with different simulated lighting conditions.
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