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relumes

relumes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 relumes

What is relumes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Relumes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of relume.

Words near relumes in the dictionary

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

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