Thesaurus: alight

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1. v. i. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
2. v. i. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
3. v. i. To come or chance (upon).
4. a. Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.
5. adj. lighted up by or as by fire or flame
6. v. to come to rest, settle
7. v. come down
8. Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. "The lamps were alight."Dickens.
9. j:16/v:84 v. to come to rest, settle v. come down