单词 | relumine |
释义 | reluminev. Now rare. transitive. = relume v. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [verb (transitive)] > cause an artificial light to burn > again relumea1616 relumine1630 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > kindle or set alight > again rekindle1592 re-enkindle1601 reincense1609 relumea1616 relumine1630 reaccend1645 refire1656 relight1662 reflame1697 reillume1752 reignite1822 1630 Shakespeare's Othello v. ii. 13 I know not where is that promethian heate, That can thy light relumine [1623 re-Lume]. 1747 Brit. Mag. Sept. 465/1 Sage Æsculape, who cou'd the vital flame..relumine by his healing skill. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 442 His eye relumines its extinguished fires. 1801 C. Smith Lett. Solitary Wanderer I. 161 To relumine the obscured and almost extinguished honours of his family. a1835 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches (1837) II. 23 ‘She has extinguished our light’... ‘We will try to get it relumined’. 1853 T. N. Talfourd Castilian iii. ii A lonely throne; whence she shall rise In majesty relumined! 1900 L. E. Gates Stud. & Appreciations 225 He will wish to relumine and make potent all that is emotionally vital in the work of art. 1962 Peabody Jrnl. Educ. 39 222 A memorable immersion in the awesome events of human life as these are recreated and relumined by the literary artist. Derivatives reˈlumined adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > illumination > [adjective] > illuminated or lit up > again relumineda1743 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > setting on fire or alight > set on fire or alight > again rekindled1660 relumineda1743 a1743 R. Savage Recov. Lady of Quality in Wks. (1775) II. 180 Each beauty brightens with re-lumin'd fire. 1790 J. Hurdis Poems 45 The Heav'ns Are streak'd with rays from the relumin'd east. 1823 C. Lamb Praise of Chimney-sweepers in Elia 253 The expired and the not yet relumined kitchen-fires. 1935 Weird Tales Dec. 703/2 For he too, in that relumined hour, had gone back and had lived again through a past happening. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1630 |
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