ALIGHT

v. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.

2.
v.

To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.

3.
v.

To come or chance (upon). [R.]

4.
a.

Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. "The lamps were alight." Dickens.

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