relume

present singular third person relumes · participle present reluming · participle past relumed · past relumed

1. archaictransitiveTo rekindle; to relight (literally or figuratively).First known use 17th c.

   Aratus, who a while relum'd the Soul / Of fondly lingering Liberty in Greece […] .

   1730, James Thomson, The Seasons, ‘Autumn’

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   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; […]

   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

   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.

   1826, [Mary Shelley], The Last Man. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC

2. archaictransitiveTo make clear or bright again.First known use 18th c.

   [H]e opened his eyes again; the spreading film retired, and love relumed them—he gave a look—it was never forgotten.

   1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary: A Fiction