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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALI'GHT, v.i.
1. To get down or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage.
2. To descend and settle; as, a flying bird alights on a tree.
3. To fall or descend and lodge; as, snow alights on a roof.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, alight, on fire] v
1: to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him" [syn: alight, light, perch]
2: come down; "the birds alighted" [syn: alight, climb down]

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb (alighted; also alit; alighting) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ?l?htan, from ?- (perfective prefix) + l?htan to alight — more at abide, light Date: before 12th century 1. to come down from something (as a vehicle): as a. dismount b. deplane 2. to descend from or as if from the air and come to rest ; land, settle 3. archaic to come by chance • alightment noun II. adjective Date: 15th century 1. chiefly British being on fire 2. lighted up

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v.intr. 1 a (often foll. by from) descend from a vehicle. b dismount from a horse. 2 descend and settle; come to earth from the air. 3 (foll. by on) find by chance; notice. Etymology: OE alihtan (as A-(2), lihtan LIGHT(2) v.) 2. predic.adj. 1 on fire; burning (they set the old shed alight; is the fire still alight?). 2 lighted up; excited (eyes alight with expectation). Etymology: ME, prob. f. phr. on a light (= lighted) fire

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Alight A*light", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Alightedsometimes Alit; p. pr. & vb. n. Alighting.] [OE. alihten, fr. AS. [=a]l[=i]htan; pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + l[=i]htan, to alight, orig. to render light, to remove a burden from, fr. l[=i]ht, leoht, light. See Light, v. i.] 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). [R.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Alight A*light", a. [Pref. a- + light.] Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. ``The lamps were alight.'' --Dickens.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(alights, alighting, alighted) 1. If something is alight, it is burning. Several buildings were set alight... = ablaze ADJ: v n ADJ, v-link ADJ 2. If someone's eyes are alight or if their face is alight, the expression in their eyes or on their face shows that they are feeling a strong emotion such as excitement or happiness. (LITERARY) She paused and turned, her face alight with happiness. ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ with n 3. If a bird or insect alights somewhere, it lands there. (LITERARY) A thrush alighted on a branch of the pine tree. VERB: V prep/adv 4. When you alight from a train, bus, or other vehicle, you get out of it after a journey. (FORMAL) = get off VERB

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Stop or rest (after flight), perch, drop, settle, lodge. 2. Dismount, descend, get down.

Moby Thesaurus

ablaze, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, ardent, bathed with light, bespangled, blazing, bright, brightened, burning, candent, candescent, candlelit, climb down, comburent, come down, come in, come to land, conflagrant, crash-land, debark, debus, deplane, descend, detrain, disembark, disemplane, dismount, ditch, dock, downwind, drop, drop anchor, effulgent, enlightened, fall, fiery, firelit, flagrant, flaming, flaring, flickering, fulgent, fuming, gaslit, get down, get off, glowing, go ashore, guttering, ignescent, ignited, illuminated, in a blaze, in a glow, in flames, incandescent, inflamed, irradiate, irradiated, kindled, lamplit, land, lanternlit, level off, light, lighted, lightened, lit, lit up, live, living, luminous, make a landfall, make land, make port, moonlit, moor, on fire, overshoot, pancake, perch, put in, put into port, reach land, reeking, refulgent, roost, scintillant, scintillating, set down, settle, settle down, sit down, smoking, smoldering, spangled, sparking, star-spangled, star-studded, starlit, studded, sunlit, talk down, tie up, tinseled, touch down, tumble, unboat, unextinguished, unhorse, unquenched, upwind