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alight

1

[ uh-lahyt ]

verb (used without object)

alighted or alit, alighting.
  1. to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
  2. to settle or stay after descending:

    The bird alighted on the tree.

  3. to encounter or notice something accidentally.


alight

2

[ uh-lahyt ]

adverb

  1. provided with light; lighted up.
  2. on fire; burning.

alight

1

/ 蓹藞濒补瑟迟 /

verb

  1. usually foll by from to step out (of) or get down (from)

    to alight from a taxi

  2. to come to rest; settle; land

    a thrush alighted on the wall

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

alight

2

/ 蓹藞濒补瑟迟 /

adjective

  1. burning; on fire
  2. illuminated; lit up
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of alight1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English alighten, Old English 腻濒墨丑迟补苍; equivalent to a- 3 + light 3 )

Origin of alight2

First recorded before 1000; originally past participle of alight 鈥渢o light up,鈥 Middle English alihten, Old English 辞苍濒墨丑迟补苍, equivalent to a- 1 + light 1 )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of alight1

Old English 腻濒墨丑迟补苍, from a- 虏 + 濒墨丑迟补苍 to make less heavy, from 濒墨丑迟 light

Origin of alight2

Old English 膩濒墨丑迟 lit up, from 膩濒墨丑迟补苍 to light up; see light 1
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A man reportedly poured a form of accelerant onto the front porch and door before setting it alight and making off on foot.

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About 80 residents have been led to safety after the roof of the building on Aberdeen Place, Maida Vale caught alight from the blaze which broke out at about 05:30 BST.

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The most serious incidents took place over the course of five nights earlier this month, with vehicles being set alight and two prisons being targeted by gunfire in what Darmanin described as "terrorist attacks".

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Doors were kicked in, part of the complex was set alight and the last of the MPs fled the building.

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British Steel's blast furnaces are set to continue running with a delivery of enough raw materials to keep them alight for the "coming weeks" due on Tuesday, the government has said.

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