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relight en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English light English relight From re- + light.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To light or kindle anew.
   • By Tuesday evening the track had been cleared to the three snowbound engines, and the following day, under their own steam, they were moved away; the business of relighting their fires and raising steam in such conditions is better imagined than described. 1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 178:
   • This act of politeness having in some mysterious way set Mr Limpet's mind at rest, he produced an immense pipe, which he had apparently been smoking prior to the curate's entrance, and relit it, while the curate, seated gingerly on the edge of the rocking chair, surreptitiously inspected the room, which was so close to the roof as to make the December heat uncomfortably apparent. 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 6:
2. To light or illuminate anew.
   • The lights went down on Gilbert ranting and raving about surviving nuclear war. The stage was relit and Holly sang her song, "Family Promise," written to her baby nephew. 1983 April 30, Sue Hyde, “Expanding Worldviews”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
3. (transitive) To render again with different simulated lighting conditions.

Forms

Deriveds

relighter · relightable

Translations (6)

it raccendere (to light or kindle anew) · ga athlas (to light or kindle anew) · it riaccendere (to light or kindle anew) · gv aafoad (to light or kindle anew) · pl zapalić ponownie (to light or kindle anew) · pl zapalać ponownie (to light or kindle anew)