relume

[ ri-loom ]

verb (used with object)

, re·lumed, re·lum·ing.

1. to light or illuminate again; relumine.

relume

/ rɪˈluːm; rɪˈluːmɪn /

verb

1. archaic.
   tr to light or brighten again; rekindle

Word History and Origins

Origin of relume¹

1595–1605; re- + (il)lume; compare French rallumer, Late Latin relūmināre. See relumine

Word History and Origins

Origin of relume¹

C17: from Late Latin relūmināre , from Latin re- + illūmināre to illumine

Example Sentences

Enkindling dawns of memory, Each sun had radiance to relume A sealed, disused, and darkened room Within the soul's immensity.

From Project Gutenberg

But can the lords of this world, who think so little of the lives of their inferiors in wealth, with all their boasted power, relume the light of the eye once dimmed by the shades of death?

From Project Gutenberg

Dead embers of departed fires lie by thee, thou pale girl; with dead embers thou seekest to relume the flame of all extinguished love!

From Project Gutenberg

Chrysler, which insists that it cannot afford higher wages, wants its Canadian employees to return to work and then relume negotiations in January, as U.S. employees have agreed to do.

From Time Magazine Archive

After hours of darkness, New Yorkers began to wonder of their city, as Othello did of doomed Desdemona, . . . where is that Promethean heat That can thy light relume?

From Time Magazine Archive