alight

Senso (English)

Verb

1. To cast light on (something); to illuminate, to light up.
2. To set light to (something); to set (something) on fire; to ignite, to light.

Adj

1. Burning, lit, on fire.
2. Often followed by with: shining with light; luminous, radiant; also, brightly coloured; vivid.
3. Often followed by with: shining with light; luminous, radiant; also, brightly coloured; vivid.
4. Aglow with activity or emotion.

Adv

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

Synonyms

descend

land

get off

perch

dismount

settle

get down

go down

on fire

leave

lighted

get out

aflame

go out

afire

quit

emerge

exit

rest

fall

light

fall down

come down

touch down

disembark

fly down

ablaze

climb down

deplane

detrain

aflare

roost

beach

🏖️

step

get

get out of a car

give

go up

grant

guide

hang

have

illumined

impart

incandescent

jump off

kindled

lead

lie down

lighted up

lucent

luminescent

luminous

mizzle

on

🔛

pass

prolapse

provide

put down

reach

recline

refulgent

result

set

settle down

shiny

sink

sink down

sit

🪑

sit down

spangly

spare

spark

sparkling

spend

splendent

sprinkle

squat

step down

subside

switch on

turn on

unhorse

wage

yield

come upon

go ashore

jump down

land on

light upon

swoop down upon

swarm over

in a flame

Landon

abut

accomplish

accord

achieve

adjoin

administer

afford

aglow

allow

amount

arise

arrive at

ascend

attain

be next to

bring

burn

burning

channel

climb

conduct

confer

debark

decline

descent

donate

drive

drop

drop down

effulgent

fire

🔥

float

flow

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/əˈlaɪt/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglese medio: alighten

Inherited from inglese antico: ālīhtan

Inherited from inglese medio: onlighten

Inherited from inglese antico: onlīhtan

Inherited from inglese medio: alight

Inherited from inglese antico: ālīht

Cognate with tedesco: erleuchten

In summary

The verb is probably derived partly:
* from Middle English alighten (“to kindle, light, set on fire; to begin burning; to become bright, shine; to arouse, rouse, stir; (figuratively) to enlighten spiritually, illuminate”) [and other forms], from Old English ālīhtan, ālȳhtan (“to light up; enlighten”) (perhaps modelled after Latin illūmināre, the present active infinitive of illūminō (“to brighten, illuminate, light up”)), from ā- (prefix meaning ‘away, from, off, out’) + līhtan, līehtan (“to glow, to shine; to illuminate, to light”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to see; to shine; bright”)); and
* from Middle English onlighten (“to cause (something) to shine; to clarify; (figuratively) to enlighten spiritually”) [and other forms], from Old English onlīhtan, a variant of inlīhtan (“to give light to, brighten, illuminate; to cause to shine; to shine; (figuratively) to give clear sight; to clear a mental fog, enlighten”), from Proto-Germanic *inliuhtijaną (“to enlighten, illumine”), from *in (“in; into”) + *liuhtijaną (“to give light, shine”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-; see above); and
* from later uses of alight (adjective).
The English word is analysable as a- (prefix meaning ‘away, from, off, out’) + light (“to start (a fire); to burn, set fire to; to become ignited, take fire; to provide light, illuminate; to show the way by means of a light”).
The adjective and adverb are derived from Late Middle English alight (adjective) [and other forms], from Old English ālīht, ālȳht, a past participle form of Old English ālīhtan, ālȳhtan (verb) (see above); but have also been subsequently interpreted as a- (prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’, used to show a condition, manner, or state) + light (“not dark or obscure, bright, clear; highly luminous”).
cognates
* German erleuchten (“to light up, illuminate”)