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reillume

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To relight; to reilluminate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: also, archaic, figuratively, poetic

Examples

  • 1712, Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Mother and Son" The vital fire seemed reillumed within By this sweet unexpected welcoming
  • November 5 1910, J. K. Bangs, "Hallow'en", Harpers's Weeklyhttps://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Book_of_Halloween/Four_Poems Tis night for revel, set apart To reillume the darkened heart,

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From re- + illume.