relumine

[ ri-loo-min ]

verb (used with object)

, re·lu·mined, re·lu·min·ing.

1. to relume.

Word History and Origins

Origin of relumine¹

1775–85; < Late Latin relūmināre to restore sight to, equivalent to Latin re- re- + ( il ) lūmināre to illumine

Example Sentences

I could not regret the reduction made in the number, even though if that one copy was lost, We knew not where was that Promethean torch That could its light relumine.

From Project Gutenberg

The lights, when they came, would have failed to relumine an expectation in my bosom, had not their beams disclosed the forms of various books, which one and another had brought in for the evening's amusement.

From Project Gutenberg

To delude her sister as to her secret purpose, she sends for a priestess from the gardens of the Hesperides, pretending that her object is by magical incantations again to relumine the passion of love in the breast of Aeneas.

From Project Gutenberg

But where a book is at once both good and rare—where the individual is almost the species, and when that perishes,   We know not where is that Promethean torch   That can its light relumine— such a book, for instance, as the Life of the Duke of Newcastle, by his Duchess—no casket is rich enough, no casing sufficiently durable, to honour and keep safe such a jewel.

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