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alight

alight is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
  2. 2.To come or chance (upon). [R.]
  3. 3.Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. "The lamps were alight." Dickens.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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