alight

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve.
2. fiil Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.

   “He alighted from his horse.”

3. fiil Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest.

   “A flying bird alights upon a tree.”

4. fiil To come down or go down; to descend.
5. fiil Often followed by on or upon: of a blow, something thrown, etc.: to land heavily.

   “But ſtorms of Stones, from the proud Temple's height, / Pour down, and on our batter'd Helms alight.”

6. fiil Often followed by on or upon: to find by accident; to chance upon, to come upon.
7. fiil To arrive.

   “Madam, heres a pretty hanſome ſtripling, nevv alight, / Enquires for Don Antonio.”

8. fiil To cast light on (something); to illuminate, to light up.
9. fiil To set light to (something); to set (something) on fire; to ignite, to light.

   “The officer hauing by this time alighted his lampe, entred into the roome to ſee him, vvhom he accounted to be dead, […]”

10. sıfat Burning, lit, on fire.

    “The burning embers and the dry wind quickly set the whole neighbourhood alight.”

11. sıfat Often followed by with: shining with light; luminous, radiant; also, brightly coloured; vivid.
12. sıfat Of an electrical light source: switched on and emitting light.
13. sıfat Aglow with activity or emotion.

    “Her face was alight with happiness.”

14. zarf Chiefly in set alight: in flames, on fire; aflame.

    “Each chapel had its saintly shrine, hung around with offerings; its picture above the altar, although closely veiled, if by any painter of renown; and its hallowed tapers, burning continually, to set alight the devotion of the worshippers.”