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Definition of See the light
1. Verb. Change for the better. "The habitual cheater finally saw the light"
Generic synonyms: Ameliorate, Better, Improve, Meliorate
Related verbs: Reclaim, Rectify, Reform, Regenerate
Derivative terms: Reform, Reformation, Reformatory
Definition of See the light
1. Verb. (idiomatic religious) To undergo a spiritual conversion. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To gain an understanding of something previously not understood, especially in a sudden insight. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of See The Light
Literary usage of See the light
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"They closed their eyes, lest they should see the light, (who were from it and
owned it not,) the healing which brings to be converted, and turns the heart ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
""The character of that covered wagon, as to obstructing my view up the street In
front of me, was such that I could see the light of the car, but could not ..."
3. The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"If a man does not see the light, neither his parents, nor he, ... A man who did
not see the light and has come to see it can say nothing as to whether it is ..."
4. The American Coast Pilot: Containing the Courses and Distances Between the by Edmund March Blunt (1822)
"... when you are to the eastward of them, but first see the light-house which is
on White island, and ilie meeting-house on Star island, ..."
5. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt, Robert Dodsley (1874)
"( x—, Gild in my waste of grief with thy large darkness, ^ And let me not survive
to see the light, ..."
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