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alight

(/@/'l/aI/t )

adjective (a)

Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.(adjective)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

lighted up by or as by fire or flame(adj.all)

Example:
Candles alight on the tables.

Synonym:
ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, on fire

source: wordnet30

verb (v)

to come to rest, settle(verb.motion)

Synonym:
light, perch

source: wordnet30
come down(verb.motion)

Example:
The birds alighted.

Synonym:
climb down

source: wordnet30
To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.(verb)

source: webster1913

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