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reluming

reluming is the present participle and gerund 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 reluming

What is reluming the present participle and gerund of?
Reluming is the present participle and gerund of relume.

Words near reluming in the dictionary

  1. relumed
  2. relumes
  3. relumine
  4. relumined
  5. relumines
  6. reluming
  7. relumining
  8. ReLUs
  9. relvar
  10. relvars
  11. rely

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