alighting

Variant of alight

alight definition

alight (ə līt′)

intransitive verb alighted alight′·ed or alit alit′, alighting alight′·ing

  1. to get down or off; dismount
  2. to come down after flight; descend and settle
  3. Rare to come (on or upon) accidentally

Etymology: ME alighten < OE ālīhtan < a-, out, off + līhtan, to dismount, render light < liht: see light (to dismount)

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