Definition of "alight"
- verb
To make light or less heavy; lighten; alleviate.
To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop.
To come or chance (upon).
To light; light up; illuminate.
To set light to; light.
- adjective
Lit, on fire, switched on.
Lit; on fire, burning.
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