"relume" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: relumes [present, singular, third-person], reluming [participle, present], relumed [participle, past], relumed [past]
Etymology: From re- + (il)lume. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|illume|alt2=(il)lume}} re- + (il)lume Head templates: {{en-verb}} relume (third-person singular simple present relumes, present participle reluming, simple past and past participle relumed)
  1. (transitive, now rare) To rekindle; to relight (literally or figuratively). Tags: archaic, transitive Translations (To rekindle; to light): зажига́ть сно́ва (zažigátʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-relume-en-verb-A96sTOTL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'To rekindle; to light': 100 0
  2. (transitive, now rare) To make clear or bright again. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-relume-en-verb-60B5TD8s Categories (other): English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: illuminate, luminous

Inflected forms

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