relume
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of relume
1595–1605; re- + (il)lume; compare French rallumer, Late Latin relūmināre. See relumine
Example Sentences
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After hours of darkness, New Yorkers began to wonder of their city, as Othello did of doomed Desdemona, . . . where is that Promethean heat That can thy light relume?
From Time Magazine Archive
Chrysler, which insists that it cannot afford higher wages, wants its Canadian employees to return to work and then relume negotiations in January, as U.S. employees have agreed to do.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ever so slowly, Con Edison found enough of it to relume sections of the city.
From Time Magazine Archive
It shall relume that Promethean fire, that sublime flame of patriotism, that devoted love of country, which his words have commended, which his example has consecrated.
From Washington's Birthday by Schauffler, Robert Haven
It shall relume that Promethean fire, that sublime flame of patriotism, that devoted love of country, which his words have commended, which his example has consecrated.
From Washington's Birthday by Schauffler, Robert Haven
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