Definitions for alight
əˈlaɪtalight

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)verb

   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"

2. alight, light, perchverb

   to come to rest, settle

   "Misfortune lighted upon him"

3. alight, climb downverb

   come down

   "the birds alighted"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Alightverb

   Etymology: ahhtan, Sax. af-lichten, Dutch.

   1. To come down, and stop. The word implies the idea of descending; as, of a bird from the wing; a traveller from his horse or carriage, and generally of resting or stopping.

   There ancient night arriving, did alight
   From her high weary waine. Fairy Queen, b. i. c. v.

   There is alighted at your gate
   A young Venetian. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   Slackness breeds worms; but the sure traveller,
   Though he alights sometimes, still goeth on. George Herbert.

   When marching with his foot he walks till night;
   When with his horse he never will alight. John Denham.

   When Dedalus, to fly the Cretan shore,
   His heavy limbs on jointed pinions bore;
   The first that fail’d in air, ’tis sung by Fame,
   To the Cumean coast at length he came,
   And here alighting built this costly frame. John Dryden, Æneid.

   When he was admonished by his subject to descend, he came down gently and circling in the air, and singing to the ground. Like a lark, melodious in her mounting, and continuing her song till she alights; still preparing for a higher flight at her next sally. Dryden.

   When finish’d was the fight,
   The victors from their lusty steeds alight;
   Like them dismounted all the warlike train. John Dryden, Fables.

   Should a spirit of superiour rank, a stranger to human nature, alight upon the earth, what would his notions of us be? Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   2. It is used also of any thing thrown or falling; to fall upon.

   But storms of stones from the proud temple’s height,
   Pour down, and on our batter’d helms alight. John Dryden, Æneid.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alight

   Alight, formerly the American Refugee Committee (ARC), is an international nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that has provided humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries over the last 40 years. In 2011, Alight helped nearly 2.5 million people get essential services to regain their health and take back control of their lives. Alight works with its partners and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to communities of refugees and internally displaced persons in seven countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe, including Iraq, Kosovo, and in the Darfur region of Sudan and is currently providing for emergency relief and recovery in Haiti. Alight provides shelter, clean water and sanitation, health care, skills training, microcredit education, and protection to help survivors of war and natural disasters to rebuild their lives with dignity, health care, security, and self-sufficiency.

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1. alight

   Alight has two main definitions in English. 1) To descends from a train, bus, or other form of transport: "The passengers began to alight from the airplane." 2) To be visibly glowing or illuminated usually by fire or light: "The night sky was alight with stars."

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alightverb

   to spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount

2. Alightverb

   to descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof

3. Alightverb

   to come or chance (upon)

4. Alightadjective

   lighted; lighted up; in a flame

5. Etymology: [Pref. a- + light.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alight

   a-līt′, v.i. to come down, as from a horse (from): to descend: to land anywhere (upon): to fall upon. [A.S. alíhtan, to come down. See Light, v.]

2. Alight

   a-līt′, adj. on fire: lighted up. [a, on, and Light. See Light, n.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of alight in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of alight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of alight in a Sentence

1. Vasdev Rai Pratap:

   I didn't know how dangerous the work in the mines is. Had I known, I would never have let him go, they said it took almost a day to dig out his body after the mine collapsed. They cremated him without telling me. I didn't even see my boy before they set him alight.

2. Zeg Choudhry:

   Oil is the major drag at the moment. In a normal environment, when we see China data as good as what we had over the weekend, that would set the market alight, the pressure on crude is the noose around our neck at the moment.

3. Nathaniel Hawthorne:

   Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

4. Zeg Choudhry:

   In a normal environment, when we see China data as good as what we had over the weekend, that would set the market alight, the pressure on crude is the noose around our neck at the moment.

5. Henry David Thoreau:

   I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=alight
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=alight
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alight
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alight
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=alight