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

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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

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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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