Meaning "to come to a soft rest upon," the term "alight" can be helpfully used in contemporary English. One example-sentence for it is as follows: "If ever a butterfly should alight upon your arm, don't wipe it away, for this is a sign of good luck!"
"The small blue dragonflies darted all through the air around his boat, and occasionally one would alight on the tip of his fishing rod."
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The word "lit" is a past tense form of the word "alight" meaning "to land." This is a lesser used word in current American English, and is more often encountered in poetry. This sentence is telling the reader that "The bird landed in the tree."
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The dress caught alight.Careful or you will set it alight.
Meaning "to come to a soft rest upon," the term "alight" can be helpfully used in contemporary English. One example-sentence for it is as follows: "If ever a butterfly should alight upon your arm, don't wipe it away, for this is a sign of good luck!"
set alight (past tense): ignited; kindled.
"The small blue dragonflies darted all through the air around his boat, and occasionally one would alight on the tip of his fishing rod."
To alight means to the Provided with light; lighted up. the lightning bug began to light its tail when it sat on my sholder.
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access, alight, appear, attain, enter
The homograph of "alight" is "alight." In one sense, "alight" means to descend from a vehicle or to come down upon something. In another sense, "alight" means to be illuminated, especially with light.
The word "lit" is a past tense form of the word "alight" meaning "to land." This is a lesser used word in current American English, and is more often encountered in poetry. This sentence is telling the reader that "The bird landed in the tree."
Alight of Night was created on 2008-10-28.
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