reillume

English

Etymology

re- +‎ illume

Verb

reillume (third-person singular simple present reillumes, present participle reilluming, simple past and past participle reillumed)

1. (archaic, poetic, also figurative) To relight; to reilluminate.
   • 1835, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay:

     Thou must reillume its spark.

   • 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 Weekly[1]

     Tis night for revel, set apart
     To reillume the darkened heart,

References

• “reillume”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.