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adjective

Alight adj. Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. "The lamps were alight."

verb

Alight v. i. (past & past part. alighted, sometimes alit; pres. part. alighting)

To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.

To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.

To come or chance (upon). (R.)

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Etymology of 'Alight'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Alight" Quotes from Famous Books

... under the impression that she had destroyed the papers and the letter-case in the study, where she had remained alone after Merlin and his men had left the room. She could easily have burnt them there, as a tiny spirit lamp was always kept alight on a side table ...

— I Will Repay • Baroness Emmuska Orczy

... down the different sides of the mountain—at mid-day or at night-fall—which depended upon the heat of the rays of the sun. He taught him to notice the chamois, in order to learn from them how to jump, so as to alight steadily upon the feet. If there was no resting place in the clefts of the rock for the foot, he must know how to support himself with the elbow, and be able to climb by means of the muscles of the thigh and calf, even the neck must serve when ...

— The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales. • Hans Christian Andersen

... alight in every window, and there was the sound of many voices in the hall. The door flew open upon a laughing crowd of boys and girls. Peggy, all glowing and rosy with the wind, stood utterly bewildered until Esther rushed forward and hugged and ...

— The Children's Book of Christmas Stories • Various

... before a stately mansion in a wide and quiet street. The driver dismounted, and opened the door. Jack assisted Mrs. Clifton to alight. ...

— Timothy Crump's Ward - A Story of American Life • Horatio Alger

... stretching for miles and miles, his thoughts were of Antonia; and as he reached his rooms he was overtaken by the moment when the town is born again. The first new air had stolen down; the sky was living, but not yet alight; the trees were quivering faintly; no living creature stirred, and nothing spoke except his heart. Suddenly the city seemed to breathe, and Shelton saw that he was not alone; an unconsidered trifle with inferior boots ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

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