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relight

relight verb: to light or kindle anew.

Verb

relight (third-person singular simple present relights, present participle relighting, simple past and past participle relighted or relit)

  1. (ambitransitive) To light or kindle anew.
    • This act of politeness having in some mysterious way set Mr Limpet's mind at rest, he produced an immense pipe, which he had apparently been smoking prior to the curate's entrance, and relit it, while the curate, seated gingerly on the edge of the rocking chair, surreptitiously inspected the room...1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 6
    • By Tuesday evening the track had been cleared to the three snowbound engines, and the following day, under their own steam, they were moved away; the business of relighting their fires and raising steam in such conditions is better imagined than described.1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 178
  2. To light or illuminate anew.
    • The lights went down on Gilbert ranting and raving about surviving nuclear war. The stage was relit and Holly sang her song, "Family Promise," written to her baby nephew.1983 April 30, Sue Hyde, “Expanding Worldviews”, in Gay Community News, page 12
  3. (transitive) To render again with different simulated lighting conditions.

Forms of relight

third-person singular presentrelights
present participlerelighting
past participlerelighted
pastrelighted
past participlerelit
pastrelit

Origin of relight

From re- + light.

Words formed from relight

Words that rhyme with relight

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Questions about relight

What does relight mean?
Relight means to light or kindle anew.
What part of speech is relight?
Relight is a verb.
What is the past tense of relight?
The past tense of relight is relighted.

Words near relight in the dictionary

  1. religated
  2. religates
  3. religating
  4. religation
  5. religations
  6. relight
  7. relightable
  8. relighted
  9. relighten
  10. relightened
  11. relightening

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