Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To illumine again.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To light again; to cause to shine anew; to relume; to reillumine.
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- verb archaic To
light again; toreilluminate .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I allow, with Mrs. Grundy and most moralists, that Miss Newcome's conduct in this matter was highly reprehensible; that if she did not intend to marry Clive she should have broken with him -- altogether; that a virtuous young woman of high principle, etc. etc., having once determined to reject a suitor, should separate from him utterly then and there -- never give him again the least chance of a hope, or reillume the extinguished fire in the wretch's bosom.
The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Newcome’s conduct in this matter was highly reprehensible; that if she did not intend to marry Clive she should have broken with him — altogether; that a virtuous young woman of high principle, etc. etc., having once determined to reject a suitor, should separate from him utterly then and there — never give him again the least chance of a hope, or reillume the extinguished fire in the wretch’s bosom.
The Newcomes 2006
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