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Definition of Alights
1. alight [v] - See also: alight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alights
Literary usage of Alights
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General Physics and Its Application to Industry and Everyday Life by Ervin Sidney Ferry (1921)
"It is due to the application of (69) that a freely falling cat always alights on
its feet. Imagine a body consisting (Figs. 84 and 85) of a rod CD, ..."
2. Essays by Theophilus Parsons (1845)
"Pegasus, the winged horse, again alights upon Helicon, and opens a new Hippocrene,
and again Minerva tames his fire, and gives him to the warrior who is ..."
3. The Queen V. Palmer: Verbatim Report of the Trial of William Palmer at the by William Palmer, Angelo Bennett, Great Britain Central Criminal Court (1856)
"... watch to see who comes ; he meets hini as he alights at the inn ; he accompanies.
.... alights ..."
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