ALIGHT Definition & Meaning

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alight

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

alighted or alit, alighting.

to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
to settle or stay after descending:
The bird alighted on the tree.
to encounter or notice something accidentally.

alight

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

provided with light; lighted up.
on fire; burning.

alight

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verb

usually foll by from to step out (of) or get down (from)
to alight from a taxi
to come to rest; settle; land
a thrush alighted on the wall

alight

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adjective

burning; on fire
illuminated; lit up

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of alight¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English alighten, Old English ��ī��ٲ��; equivalent to a- ³ + light ³ )

Origin of alight²

First recorded before 1000; originally past participle of alight “to light up,” Middle English alihten, Old English �ǲԱ�ī��ٲ��, equivalent to a- ¹ + light ¹ )

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of alight¹

Old English ��ī��ٲ��, from a- ² + ��ī��ٲ�� to make less heavy, from ��ī�� light ²

Origin of alight²

Old English ā��ī�� lit up, from ā��ī��ٲ�� to light up; see light ¹

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The violence started on 6 March when a beauty salon in Edinburgh was set alight in the early hours of the morning.

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Cars were set alight and fireworks thrown at police after 100 to 150 people gathered in Ely on the evening of the crash.

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One man said he was attacked with chemicals and set alight.

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They arrived to find fencing and an outbuilding alight.

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The session was stopped twice because grass beside the Suzuka track caught alight, once early in the session and once seven minutes before the scheduled end.

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