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a·lit

   [uh-lit]
verb
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1.
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a·light

1   [uh-lahyt]
verb (used without object), a·light·ed or a·lit, a·light·ing.
1.
to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
2.
to settle or stay after descending: The bird alighted on the tree.
3.
to encounter or notice something accidentally.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English alighten, Old English ālīhtan, equivalent to ā- a-3 + līhtan to relieve (originally an animal mount) of weight, light2)
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alit (əˈlɪt)
 
—vb
a rare past tense and past participle of alight

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alight
"on fire," early 15c., apparently from M.E. aliht, pp. of alihton (O.E. on-lihtan) "to light up," also "to shine upon" (see light (n.)).
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alit
p.t. of alight (v.).
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