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relume, v.|rɪˈl(j)uːm|
[f. re- + -lume (see illume), perh. after late L. relūmināre (cf. relumine) or F. rallumer (OF. ralumer).]
1. trans. To relight, rekindle (a light, flame, etc., lit. or fig.); to cause to burn afresh.
1604Shakes. Oth. v. ii. 13, I know not where is that Promethean heate That can thy Light re-Lume. 1726–46Thomson Winter 838 They once relum'd the flame Of lost mankind in polish'd slavery sunk. 1782V. Knox Ess. xxxiv. (1819) I. 182 To relume the lamp of virtuous love. 1801T. S. Surr Splendid Misery I. 84 Oceana..stole from her place of concealment, and relumed the taper. 1864Swinburne Atalanta 1590 Flame that once burnt down Oil shall not quicken or breath relume.
b. fig. in various applications.
1726–46Thomson Winter 491 Aratus, who a while relum'd the soul Of fondly-lingering Liberty in Greece. 1758H. Walpole Let. to Mann 11 Jan., Sure this is not a reason to relume heats, when tranquillity is so essential. 1831E. J. Trelawny Adv. Younger Son II. 76 This delicious poison relumed my expiring hopes. 1857–8Sears Athan. vi. 43 Paul when he wrote to relume the faith of those who wept for them that had fallen asleep.
2. To make clear or bright again.
1746W. Thompson Sickness iv. 182 The festers of the wounded soul, Corrupted, black, to pristine white relume. 1814Cary Dante, Inf. x. 77 Not yet fifty times shall be relumed Her aspect, who reigns here queen of this realm. 1829Southey All for Love ix. v, Pale she was, but faith and hope Had now relumed her eyes. 1860J. P. Kennedy Horse Shoe Robinson vii. 88 [They] gradually relumed their father's countenance with flashes of cheerful thought.
3. To light up again, to re-illuminate; to shine upon anew.
1786J. Courtenay Poet. Rev. Char. Johnson 18 And Shakspeare's sun relumes the clouded stage. 1814Southey Roderick xi, When the sun Relumed the gladden'd earth. 1851C. L. Smith tr. Tasso i. lxv, Soon as to-morrow's dawn relumes the sky.
fig.1799Campbell Pleas. Hope i. 267 Lo, nature, life, and liberty relume The dim-eyed tenant of the dungeon gloom. 1831Landor Misc. Wks. 1846 II. 619 O when will Health and Pleasure come again,..And wandering wit relume the roseate bowers..? |