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ALIGHT
afire, ablaze(p), aflame, aflare, alight, on fire
(adjective) lighted up by or as by fire or flame; “forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning”; “even the car’s tires were aflame”; “a night aflare with fireworks”; “candles alight on the tables”; “houses on fire”
alight, climb down
(verb) come down; “the birds alighted”
alight, light, perch
(verb) to come to rest, settle; “Misfortune lighted upon him”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
alight (third-person singular simple present alights, present participle alighting, simple past and past participle alit or alighted)
(intransitive, with from) To get off or exit a vehicle or animal; to descend; to dismount.
(intransitive, with on or at) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop.
(intransitive, followed by upon) To find by accident; to come upon.
(intransitive) To befall or betide.
Synonyms
• unlight
Etymology 2
Verb
alight (third-person singular simple present alights, present participle alighting, simple past and past participle alighted)
(transitive) To make light or less heavy; lighten; alleviate.
Etymology 3
Verb
alight (third-person singular simple present alights, present participle alighting, simple past and past participle alighted or alit)
(transitive) To light; light up; illuminate.
(transitive) To set light to; light.
Etymology 4
Adjective
alight (not comparable)
Lit, on fire, switched on.
(figuratively) Lit; on fire, burning.
Usage notes
Used only as a predicative.
Source: Wiktionary
A*light", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Alighted sometimes Alit; p. pr. & vb. n. Alighting.] Etym: [OE. alihten, fr. AS. alihtan; pref. a- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + lihtan, to alight, orig. to render light, to remove a burden from, fr. liht, leoht, light. See Light, v. i.]
1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
3. To come or chance (upon). [R.]
A*light", a. Etym: [Pref. a- + light.]
Definition: Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. "The lamps were alight." Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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