relume
relume verb: to rekindle; to relight (literally or figuratively).
Verb
relume (third-person singular simple present relumes, present participle reluming, simple past and past participle relumed)
- To rekindle; to relight (literally or figuratively).
- Aratus, who a while relum'd the Soul / Of fondly lingering Liberty in Greece […] .1730, James Thomson, The Seasons, ‘Autumn’
- Then I bethought me of the glorious doom / Of those who sternly struggle to relume / The lamp of Hope o’er man's bewildered lot; […]1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC...
- To make clear or bright again.
- [H]e opened his eyes again; the spreading film retired, and love relumed them—he gave a look—it was never forgotten.1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary: A Fiction
relume meaning in Bengali
relume in Bengali
- পুনরায় প্রজ্বলিত করা
Forms of relume
| third-person singular present | relumes |
|---|---|
| present participle | reluming |
| past participle | relumed |
| past | relumed |
Origin of relume
From re- + (il)lume.
Questions about relume
- What does relume mean?
- Relume means to rekindle; to relight (literally or figuratively).
- What is relume in Bengali?
- Relume in Bengali is পুনরায় প্রজ্বলিত করা. See Relume meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is relume?
- Relume is a verb.
- What is the past tense of relume?
- The past tense of relume is relumed.
Words near relume in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: relume (page history and authors); relume (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “relume.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/relume. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.