relumeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

relume (三人称単数 現在形 relumes, 現在分詞 reluming, 過去形および過去分詞形 relumed)

1. (transitive, now rare) To rekindle; to relight (字義どおりに または figuratively). [from 17th c.]
   • 1730, James Thomson, The Seasons, ‘Autumn’:

     Aʀᴀᴛᴜs, who a while relum'd the Soul / Of fondly lingering Liberty in Gʀᴇᴇᴄᴇ […] .

   • 1817 December​, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, OCLC 1000449192, page 222:

     Then I bethought me of the glorious doom / Of those who sternly struggle to relume / The lamp of Hope o’er man's bewildered lot; […]

   • 1826, [Mary Shelley], The Last Man. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, または III), London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 230675575:

     For a time, I thought that, by watching a complying moment, fostering the still warm ashes, I might relume in her the flame of love.

2. (transitive, now rare) To make clear or bright again. [from 18th c.]
   • 1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary: A Fiction‎^[1]:

     [H]e opened his eyes again; the spreading film retired, and love relumed them—he gave a look—it was never forgotten.

関連する語

• illuminate
• luminous

アナグラム

• em rule, lemure