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alight Audio Pronunciation Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ \uh-LAHYT\ verb 1. to settle or stay after descending: The bird alighted on the tree. 2. to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc. Quotes My father squatted in the dirt, looking at the placid field all around the prison, the long grasses on which birds alighted, flew, alighted. -- Stacey dErasmo, Wonderland, 2014 Origin Alight comes from an Old English word ālīhtan from the root līhtan meaning to relieve of weight.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 00:25:17 +0000

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