reillume
English
Verb
reillume (third-person singular simple present reillumes, present participle reilluming, simple past and past participle reillumed)
- (archaic, poetic, also figurative) To relight; to reilluminate.
- 1835, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay:
- Thou must reillume its spark.
- 1712, Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Mother and Son"
- The vital fire seemed reillumed within
By this sweet unexpected welcoming
- The vital fire seemed reillumed within
- November 5 1910, J. K. Bangs, "Hallow'en", Harpers's Weekly
- Tis night for revel, set apart
To reillume the darkened heart,
- Tis night for revel, set apart
References
- “reillume”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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