单词 | reillumination |
释义 | reilluminationn. The act of illuminating again; fresh illumination; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > illumination > [noun] > again relumination1603 reillumination1611 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Ralluminatione, a re-illumination. 1767 J. Newton Serm. iv. 57 There may be supposed re-illuminations and strong impressions upon the mind, in which the word of God has no place or concern, but this alone is sufficient to discountenance them, and to prove that they are not from the Holy Spirit. 1791 G. Butt Serm. I. x. 196 When the wisdom..called this lustre into view, it is said, the angels shouted for joy; can we then wonder, that when sin had overclouded it, and the re-illumination was promised by the birth of the Messiah, that the same benevolent beings sang hosanna to the highest. 1822 J. Neal Logan II. iv. 132 It portends no re-illumination here. It is always thus; it foretells some calamity. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxxv. 205 But reillumination..returned to him. 1917 F. Swinnerton Nocturne iii. xi. 202 Both Emmy and Alf rose in the immediately successive re-illumination of the theatre. 1964 Times 10 Jan. 12/7 The reillumination of the premises was a leisurely business, enlivened by the hair-raising shrieks of the girls and the throaty mirth of their escorts. 2003 Psychol. Rec. (Nexis) 22 Mar. 161 The next trial began with the reillumination of the white light in the middle of Mickey's nose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611 |
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