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alight

/ə'laɪt/

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adjective
lighted up by or as by fire or flame
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"candles alight on the tables"

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ablaze afire aflame aflare on fire lit lighted
verb
come down
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"the birds alighted"

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climb down

type of:
come down descend fall go down
verb
to come to rest, settle
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light perch

type of:
land set down

Examples of alight

"candles alight on the tables"
"the birds alighted"