| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Alight.[Websters]
2. To be depressed, dispirited or dejected. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have passed or moved. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be impassioned or spirited. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have dipped, detrained or receded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be bated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have killed, abased, discontinued, weakened or liquidated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be abbreviated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have abated, demolished or discouraged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be debased.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb alight.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (alight) | 1. To come to rest, settle.[Wordnet]. 2. Come down; "the birds alighted".[Wordnet]. 3. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.[Websters]. 4. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.[Websters]. 5. To come or chance (upon).[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: alighting, alighted, alights, alighter, alighters, alightingly and alightedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ALIGHTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ALIGHTED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Tips from 1870 | Usage: Lit, Lighted, Alighted. "He lighted the candle." "The crow alighted on the top of the tree." Avoid the use of lit in such cases, and also that slang form, as, "I lit on a beautiful passage in Browning," in the sense of met with. Source: Slips of Speech. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: alight
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Alight on water/to | Transportation | The hull is weathertight, enabling the helicopter -- with a full charge. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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