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reillume

reillume verb: to relight; to reilluminate.

Verb

reillume (third-person singular simple present reillumes, present participle reilluming, simple past and past participle reillumed)

  1. (also, archaic, figuratively, poetic) To relight; to reilluminate.
    • Thou must reillume its spark.1835, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay
    • The vital fire seemed reillumed within
      By this sweet unexpected welcoming1712, Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Mother and Son"

Forms of reillume

third-person singular presentreillumes
present participlereilluming
past participlereillumed
pastreillumed

Origin of reillume

From re- + illume.

Questions about reillume

What does reillume mean?
Reillume means to relight; to reilluminate.
What part of speech is reillume?
Reillume is a verb.
What is the past tense of reillume?
The past tense of reillume is reillumed.

Words near reillume in the dictionary

  1. Reileys
  2. Reiling
  3. Reilings
  4. Reilley
  5. Reilleys
  6. reillume
  7. reillumed
  8. reillumes
  9. reilluminate
  10. reilluminated
  11. reilluminates

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