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Definition of Alight
1. Adjective. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame. "Houses on fire"
2. Verb. To come to rest, settle. "Misfortune lighted upon him"
3. Verb. Come down. "The birds alighted"
Definition of Alight
1. v. i. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
2. a. Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.
Definition of Alight
1. Verb. (transitive) To make light or less heavy; lighten; alleviate. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive with (term from)) To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive with (term on)) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To come or chance (upon). ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To light; light up; illuminate. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To set light to; light. ¹
7. Adjective. Lit; on fire, switched on. ¹
8. Adjective. (figuratively) Lit; on fire, burning. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alight
1. to come down from something [v ALIGHTED or ALIT, ALIGHTING, ALIGHTS]
Medical Definition of Alight
1. 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). Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alight
Literary usage of Alight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1899)
"Invitation to alight.— The halting of a train at a station to which the defendant
undertook to carry the plaintiff is an implied invitation to the plaintiff ..."
2. The Law of Torts: A Treatise on the Principles of Obligations Arising from by Frederick Pollock (1908)
"A passenger bound for that station, or otherwise minded to alight, is unaware (as
by reason of darkness, or the like, he well may be) of the inconvenience ..."
3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1891)
"... its negligence is alleged, and the evidence shows that plaintiff's injury was
received while attempting to alight from the defendant's car, ..."
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