单词 | reflame |
释义 | reflamev.ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [verb (intransitive)] rebounda1398 glentc1400 reflect?a1439 reflamec1450 reverberate1598 c1450 (?c1425) E. Hull tr. Seven Psalms (1995) 51 Ihesus þe kyng of kyngys conqueryd a-pon þe proude Sathanas by þe schedyng of hys blode, wher-þorow þe rede crosse reflawmyd in þe clothys and in þe body of his holy martiers. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xxxi. 125 In the mone is a body polysshyd..whiche reflaumbeth and rendrith lyght and clerenes [Fr. qui reflamboie et rent clarté] whan the rayes of the sonne smyteth therin. 2. a. transitive. To rekindle; to burn or heat with flames again. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > kindle or set alight > again rekindle1592 re-enkindle1601 reincense1609 relumea1616 relumine1630 reaccend1645 refire1656 relight1662 reflame1697 reillume1752 reignite1822 1697 tr. Female Falshood ii. 111 This Disappointment something cool'd my Passion, when the Lady, who observ'd it, used such Means to reflame me [Fr. de reveiller ma passion], as made me imagine this was not the first Rendezvous she had had. 1908 R. W. Gilder Poems 187 Whose eye reflamed the starlight. 1920 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 18 Sept. 12/3 Mahomet's heaven and its flesh Cannot re-flame the ashen appetite. 1996 J. M. Becker et al. Biotechnol. (ed. 2) 21 Reflame the mouth of the flask to reduce contamination. b. intransitive. To burst into flame again; to be rekindled. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or be on fire [verb (intransitive)] > catch fire or begin to burn > again rekindle1597 relight1785 reflame1800 reignite1818 1800 C. P. Sumner Eulogy G. Washington 11 A pearly tear steals down every cheek; the latent evil spark is quenched; their patriotism reflames. 1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary i. v. 55 Stamp out the fire, or this Will smoulder and re-flame. 1997 San Diego Tribune (Nexis) 17 July (Entertainment section) 21 Their tired love can sputter, or maybe (small hope) re-flame. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1450 |
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