Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To light anew; illuminate again.
- To rekindle; set on fire again.
- To burn again; rekindle; take fire again.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To light or kindle anew.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to
light orkindle anew
Etymologies
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Examples
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He breathed slowly, as if wishing to be able to relight them all.
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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Or one of those trick candles that could relight itself.
Ominous Kate Brian 2011
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He breathed slowly, as if wishing to be able to relight them all.
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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He makes an effort to relight whatever spark they shared, but she may prove him wrong.
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Or one of those trick candles that could relight itself.
Ominous Kate Brian 2011
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He breathed slowly, as if wishing to be able to relight them all.
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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Went to relight the oven and there was gas still in the oven.
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Then, they would relight all fires from the same flame so that the highest and the lowest were secretly connected on the inside, where each hearth and each heart share a common flame.
Michael Meade, D.H.L.: The Growing Chaos and the New Year D.H.L. Michael Meade 2011
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We can relight the exciting parts of our space science program, including Martian sample returns, an expanded life search and the building of sensible and economical astrophysics telescopes.
Rick Tumlinson: The Senate Launch System - Destiny, Decision, and Disaster Rick Tumlinson 2011
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After the celebration folks would take embers from the bonfire to their homes to relight the fires in their own hearths.
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