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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive, now rare) To rekindle; to relight (literally or figuratively)..
Aratus, who a while relum'd the Soul / Of fondly lingering Liberty in Greece […] .
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; […]
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.
[H]e opened his eyes again; the spreading film retired, and love relumed them—he gave a look—it was never forgotten.
Use relume when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Relume means (transitive, now rare) To rekindle; to relight (literally or figuratively)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Aratus, who a while relum'd the Soul / Of fondly lingering Liberty in Greece […] .
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