relight


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relight

(riːˈlaɪt)
vb, -lights, -lighting, -lighted or -lit
to ignite or cause to ignite again
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relight


Past participle: relit
Gerund: relighting

Imperative
relight
relight
Present
I relight
you relight
he/she/it relights
we relight
you relight
they relight
Preterite
I relighted
you relighted
he/she/it relighted
we relighted
you relighted
they relighted
Present Continuous
I am relighting
you are relighting
he/she/it is relighting
we are relighting
you are relighting
they are relighting
Present Perfect
I have relit
you have relit
he/she/it has relit
we have relit
you have relit
they have relit
Past Continuous
I was relighting
you were relighting
he/she/it was relighting
we were relighting
you were relighting
they were relighting
Past Perfect
I had relit
you had relit
he/she/it had relit
we had relit
you had relit
they had relit
Future
I will relight
you will relight
he/she/it will relight
we will relight
you will relight
they will relight
Future Perfect
I will have relit
you will have relit
he/she/it will have relit
we will have relit
you will have relit
they will have relit
Future Continuous
I will be relighting
you will be relighting
he/she/it will be relighting
we will be relighting
you will be relighting
they will be relighting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been relighting
you have been relighting
he/she/it has been relighting
we have been relighting
you have been relighting
they have been relighting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been relighting
you will have been relighting
he/she/it will have been relighting
we will have been relighting
you will have been relighting
they will have been relighting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been relighting
you had been relighting
he/she/it had been relighting
we had been relighting
you had been relighting
they had been relighting
Conditional
I would relight
you would relight
he/she/it would relight
we would relight
you would relight
they would relight
Past Conditional
I would have relit
you would have relit
he/she/it would have relit
we would have relit
you would have relit
they would have relit
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
References in classic literature ?
It seemed to Trent, turning at that moment to relight his cigar, that a look of subtle intelligence was flashed from one to the other of the brothers.
She ordered Fairer-than-a-Fairy to start next day at dawn to ask Locrinos for fire with which to relight the one she had allowed to go out.
He refused to receive the visits that were paid him, and during the night he was seen to relight his lamp and pass long hours in writing, or examining parchments.
Relieved of the feeling of distrust which had thus far troubled him, Alban sat down by her again--opened his match-box to relight his pipe--and changed his mind.
`That,' said a very young man, making spasmodic efforts to relight his cigar over the lamp; `that .
Lovell paused for a moment or two to relight his pipe.
When the candle had been hastily relighted young Mr.
In a moment the King returned to his throne and relighted his pipe, and the rest of the little band of adventurers settled themselves for another long wait.
He then took up one of the candles and relighted it by thrusting it into the fire.
Having said this the King relighted his pipe, which had gone out.
And then, just that Michael should not make the mistake of thinking he was being much made over, Daughtry leaned back, relighted his pipe, and apparently forgot his existence.
Matches were struck, the candles relighted, and the newcomers clearly perceived.