relumine

English

Etymology

See relume and illumine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈluːmɪn/

Verb

relumine (third-person singular simple present relumines, present participle relumining, simple past and past participle relumined)

1. (archaic) To light or illuminate again; to rekindle.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     I know not where is that promethian heate, That can thy light relumine

References

• “relumine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• lemurine