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leme

/liːm/

leme noun: a ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.

Noun

leme (plural lemes)

  1. (obsolete) A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.
    • Thereby the incomprehensible majestie of God, as it were by a bright leme of a torch or candle, is declared to the blinde inhabitants of this world.1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC

Verb

leme (third-person singular simple present lemes, present participle leming, simple past and past participle lemed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To shine.

Forms of leme

Noun
plurallemes
alternative formleam
alternative formleem
Verb
third-person singular presentlemes
present participleleming
past participlelemed
pastlemed

Origin of leme

From Middle English leem, leme, leam, from Old English lēoma (“light, brightness”); akin to light.

Words that rhyme with leme

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Questions about leme

What does leme mean?
Leme means a ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.
What part of speech is leme?
Leme can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce leme?
Leme is pronounced /liːm/.
What is the plural of leme?
The plural of leme is lemes.

Words near leme in the dictionary

  1. Lembo
  2. Lembos
  3. Lembá
  4. Lemcke
  5. Lemckes
  6. leme
  7. lemed
  8. Lemegeton
  9. lemel
  10. Lemelin
  11. Lemelins

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