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)