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Etymology
From re- + (il)lume.
Verb
relume (third-person singular simple present relumes, present participle reluming, simple past and past participle relumed)
- (transitive, now rare) To rekindle; to relight (literally or figuratively).
- 1730, James Thomson, The Seasons, ‘Autumn’:
- Aʀᴀᴛᴜs, who a while relum'd the Soul / Of fondly lingering Liberty in Gʀᴇᴇᴄᴇ .
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: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; […]
1826, [Mary Shelley], The Last Man. , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC: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.
- (transitive, now rare) To make clear or bright again.
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