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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
relume .
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Examples
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Promethean heat which relumes their life; the galvanic motion becomes a living stride; the puppet eyes emit fire; the automata are men.
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee
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Dead, their names that the night reclaims -- alive, their works that the day relumes --
Astrophel and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. VI Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873
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In an era when modernists were throwing the old faith to the lions, Sienkiewicz's novel relumes Christian pride and shows that faith is rewarded - Christ defends and protects his own (so long as they are the main characters in a novel).
Blogposts | guardian.co.uk Evan Maloney 2010
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In an era when modernists were throwing the old faith to the lions, Sienkiewicz's novel relumes Christian pride and shows that faith is rewarded - Christ defends and protects his own (so long as they are the main characters in a novel).
Culture | guardian.co.uk Evan Maloney 2010
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Sublime as juvenal he pours his lays, And with the Roman shares congenial praise; ” In glowing numbers now he fires the age, And Shakspeare's sun relumes the clouded stage.
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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