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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of alight.

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Examples

  • And when he had drunk, not too much but just enough for the perfect poise of exaltation, his brain alit with unsung song and the devil in him aroused and rampant, his soul found its supreme utterance in the bearding of Diable.

    Diable - A Dog 1902

  • What is likened to an eagle that is "alit" on a crag?

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • As I alit on the far bank, stumbling just a little, I told myself that she had enough of Henry in her to make the right choice.

    Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

  • As I alit on the far bank, stumbling just a little, I told myself that she had enough of Henry in her to make the right choice.

    Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

  • Which means I've been doing these livebloggy thingies for nearly three years (it took a few weeks before we alit on the idea of me doing this fast-typing thing on Sunday mornings).

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • The night was still young as I alit on the far side of the high wall surrounding my manor.

    Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

  • The night was still young as I alit on the far side of the high wall surrounding my manor.

    Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

  • Which means I've been doing these livebloggy thingies for nearly three years (it took a few weeks before we alit on the idea of me doing this fast-typing thing on Sunday mornings).

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Ai received a confirming nod and she raised her head up, her eyes alit at the idea.

    Arcana Magi Cross - c.2 H-M Brown 2011

  • A few stops later, Abby alit at Copley to switch trains.

    Doggone Mark Meier 2011

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