1) Ablaze 2) Afire 3) Aflame 4) Aflare 5) Blazing 6) Burning 7) Come down 8) Come down in flames 9) Come down to earth 10) Come to rest 11) Descend 12) Descend from bus or train 13) Disembark 14) Dismount 15) Dismount from a horse 16) Exclusively Saxon word 17) Exclusively Anglo word 18) Flaming 19) Get down from a horse
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1) Afire 2) Burning 3) Come to rest 4) Descend 5) Get off 6) Land 7) Lighted
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• (v. i.) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof. • (v. i.) To come or chance (upon). • (v. i.) To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount. • (a.) Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.
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1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount. ... 2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof. ... 3. To come or chance (upon). ... Origin: OE. Alihten, fr. AS. Alihtan; pref. A- (cf. Goth. Us-, G. Er-, orig. Meaning out) + lihtan, to al...
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A·light' adjective [ Prefix
a- +
light .] Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. 'The lamps were
alight .'
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A·light' intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Alighted sometimes
Alit ;
present participle & verbal noun Alighting .] [ Middle English
alihten , from Anglo-Saxon
ālīhtan ; prefix
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Alight is British slang for very drunk, intoxicated.
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[
v] - to come to rest, settle 2. [v] - come down, as of a bird
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alight (Janus word) To settle onto and to dismount from.
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perch verb to come to rest, settle; `Misfortune lighted upon him`
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climb down verb come down; `the birds alighted`
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to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc. · to settle or stay after descending: The bird alighted on the tree. · to encounter or notice something accidentally.
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