relume
English
Etymology
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). [from 17th c.]
- 1730, James Thomson, The Seasons, ‘Autumn’:
- Aratus, who a while relum'd the Soul / Of fondly lingering Liberty in Greece […] .
- 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.
- 1730, James Thomson, The Seasons, ‘Autumn’:
- (transitive, now rare) To make clear or bright again. [from 18th c.]
- 1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary: A Fiction[1]:
- [H]e opened his eyes again; the spreading film retired, and love relumed them—he gave a look—it was never forgotten.