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Meaning of alight

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  alight
      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(p)},
             {afire(p)}, {aflame(p)}, {aflare(p)}, {alight(p)}, {on
             fire(p)}]
      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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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