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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alight \A*light"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Alighted}sometimes {Alit}; p. pr & vb n. {Alighting}.] [OE. alihten fr AS [=a]l[=i]htan; pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + l[=i]htan, to alight, orig. to render light, to remove a burden from fr l[=i]ht, 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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alight \A*light"\, a. [Pref. a- + light.] Lighted; lighted up in a flame. ``The lamps were alight.'' --Dickens. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: alight adj : 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"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on fire" [syn: {ablaze(p)}, {afire(p)}, {aflame(p)}, {aflare(p)}, {alight(p)}, {blazing}, {burning}, {flaming}, {on fire(p)}] v 1: to come to rest, settle: "Misfortune lighted upon him." [syn: {light}, {perch}] 2: come down as of a bird [syn: {climb down}]
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