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Definition of Alighted
1. alight [v] - See also: alight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alighted
Literary usage of Alighted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1842)
"An Owl alighted on the vessel and remained a short time. I saw it very well and
near, but could not be certain of its species. Looking over the collection ..."
2. The Works of Virgil by Virgil (1891)
"Therefore dewy Iris, drawing a thousand various colors from the opposite sun,
shoots downward through the sky on saffron wings, and alighted on ..."
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