US /ˌriːˈlaɪt/ UK /ˌriːˈlaɪt/
verb Freq #71993

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to light or kindle something again

    She used a match to relight the candle.

  2. 2
    verb

    to illuminate something again

    The crew worked to relight the stage after the outage.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to light or kindle... rekindlelight again
2 verb · to illuminate something again illuminate again
Opposites
Word family
Forms relighted
Derived forms relightablerelighter

Etymology

From re- + light.

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