to reillume

9.9

To light something again, like a room or a feeling

verb
/ˌriːɪˈluːm/

Literature

: reiluminar

Her cheerful personality can reillume even the darkest of rooms.

Examples

After the storm, the sun began to reillume the darkened sky.
The artist aims to reillume the beauty of nature in her paintings.
After years of neglect, the restoration project hopes to reillume the community theatre.
The exhibition was so vibrant it seemed to reillume the entire gallery.
After the storm, the sun began to reillume the once-darkened sky.
Her cheerful personality can reillume the spirits of those around her.
The artist aims to reillume the forgotten stories of the past through her work.

Synonyms

to rekindle

vsto reillume

33 5.1

Make a feeling or interest strong again

focuses on renewing illumination often in poetic or visual sense

to relight

vsto reillume

2 4.1

Light something again after it goes out

is used more often for poetic or abstract illumination rather than literal action

to relume

vsto reillume

9.9

To light something again after it goes out, for example a lamp or candle

is used more in figurative or poetic contexts

Antonyms

to darken

63 3.3

Make or become less bright, for example a room

How Bright

to dazzle

6 4.1

to reillume

Literature

9.9

to light

905 1.0

to glow

161 1.2

Surface Forms

reillume infinitive

reilluming present participle

reillumes third person singular

reillumined past

reillumined past participle

Morphology

reillume = illume (semi-transparent) = re + illume

Formally 're-' + 'illume' = 'light again' is transparent in principle, but 'illume' is relatively rare/poetic so a typical B1 learner may not recognize the base.

Etymology

The word reillume combines the prefix re- 'again' with illume, which comes from the old word lumen meaning 'light', the same root you see in luminous and illuminate. So, to reillume is to 'light up again' or to bring back brightness to a place or a person's mood.