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relumed

relumed is the simple past and past participle of relume.

Meaning of relume

Verb

relume (third-person singular simple present relumes, present participle reluming, simple past and past participle relumed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) 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’
  2. (archaic, transitive) 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

Questions about relumed

What is relumed the simple past and past participle of?
Relumed is the simple past and past participle of relume.

Words near relumed in the dictionary

  1. reluctivities
  2. reluctivity
  3. reluctor
  4. relucts
  5. relume
  6. relumed
  7. relumes
  8. relumine
  9. relumined
  10. relumines
  11. reluming

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