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单词 relumination
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reluminationn.

Brit. /rᵻˌl(j)uːmᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /rəˌl(j)umᵻˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin relumination-, reluminatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin relumination-, reluminatio restoration of light (recorded in undated glossaries) < reluminat- , past participial stem of reluminare relumine v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix1; compare -ation suffix. Compare relumine v., relume v.
Now rare.
= reillumination n.
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the world > matter > light > illumination > [noun] > again
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1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1309 Her [sc. the moon's] ecclipse and defect of light: which the sunne doth remedy by relumination of her streight waies.
1666 G. Thomson Λοιμοτομια vi. 135 Having put out the light of the vital Spirits, that no foundation is left for their Reparation or Relumination.
1758 Monthly Rev. Apr. 350 When the public virtue..of a great majority of any people, is so far extinquished as to be incapable of relumination, their courage must expire too.
1843 Metrop. Mag. Jan. 75 See the old pilgrim..seeking refuge from satiety and a relumination of his dormant flame.
2006 G. Fackre Christol. in Context xi. 225 We describe the movement out of the night as ‘relumination’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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