relumine
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of relumine
1775–85; < Late Latin relūmināre to restore sight to, equivalent to Latin re- re- + ( il ) lūmināre to illumine
Example Sentences
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I could not regret the reduction made in the number, even though if that one copy was lost, We knew not where was that Promethean torch That could its light relumine.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
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