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Word entry · 6 letters

alight

Best crossword clue

"Land gently"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /əˈlaɪt/Part of speech adjective, verbSorted aghiltStarts with AEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. lighted up by or as by fire or flame

Word origin

The English word is analyzable as a- (prefix meaning ‘away, from, off, out’) + light (“to ease, lighten; to take off; to unload; to dismount; (archaic) to come down, land; to dismount”).

Used in a sentence

  • He alighted from his horse.
  • Passengers are alighting from the carriage.
  • Madam, there is a-lighted at your gate / A yong Venetian, one that comes before / To ſignifie th'approaching of his Lord, / From whom he bringeth ſenſible regreets; […]

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