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light (English verb) light/English/verb: invalid uppercase tag General-American not in or uppercase_tags: {"categories": ["English adjectives", "English adverbs", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English irregular verbs", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms derived from Middle English", "English terms derived from Old English", "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic", "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European", "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic", "English terms inherited from Middle English", "English terms inherited from Old English", "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic", "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic", "English terms with homophones", "English verbs", "Entries with translation boxes", "Pages with 5 entries", "Pages with entries", "Requests for review of Guaraní translations", "Requests for review of Ido translations", "Requests for review of Indonesian translations", 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How moch?\"", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice"], "links": [["stop", "stop"], ["notice", "notice"]]}, {"categories": ["English terms with archaic senses", "English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"text": "She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet."}, {"ref": "1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, pages 356–357:", "text": "[W]e knew not what Courſe to take, but the Creatures [wolves] reſolv'd us ſoon, for they gather'd about us preſently, in Hopes of Prey, […] I drew my little Troop in among thoſe Trees, and placing our ſelves in a Line, behind one long Tree, I advis'd them all to light, and keeping that Tree before us, for a Breaſt-Work, to ſtand in a Triangle, or three Fronts, encloſing our Horſes in the Center.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1769, Benjamin Blayney (Ed.), King James Bible (Genesis 24:64)", "text": "And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel."}, {"ref": "1885, Theodore Roosevelt, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman:", "text": "Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a few feet before settling down.", "type": "quote"}, {"text": "1957, Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), The Cat in the Hat\nAnd our fish came down, too. He fell into a pot! He said, \"Do I like this? Oh, no! I do not. This is not a good game,\" Said our fish as he lit."}, {"ref": "1977 December 31, Lisa Nussbaum, “Jacqui Mac: Bringing Her Dreams Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 10:", "text": "One cannot help but notice a teasingly elusive air about her, as if she were a butterfly that refused to light and fluttered just out of reach of its would-be captor.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To alight; to land or come down."], "links": [["alight", "alight"]], "raw_glosses": ["(archaic) To alight; to land or come down."], "tags": ["archaic"]}], "sounds": [{"enpr": "līt"}, {"ipa": "/laɪt/"}, {"ipa": "[laɪt]", "tags": ["Received-Pronunciation"]}, {"ipa": "[lɑjt]", "tags": ["British", "Southern", "Standard"]}, {"ipa": "[ɫɐɪt]", "tags": ["General-American"]}, {"ipa": "[ləjt]", "tags": ["Canada", "US", "regional"]}, {"ipa": "[lɑɪt]", "tags": ["General-Australian"]}, {"audio": "en-uk-light.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/En-uk-light.ogg/En-uk-light.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/En-uk-light.ogg"}, {"audio": "en-us-light.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/En-us-light.ogg/En-us-light.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/En-us-light.ogg"}, {"rhymes": "-aɪt"}, {"homophone": "lite"}], "synonyms": [{"sense": "find by chance", "word": "chance upon"}, {"sense": "find by chance", "word": "come upon"}, {"sense": "find by chance", "word": "find"}, {"sense": "find by chance", "word": "happen upon"}, {"sense": "find by chance", "word": "hit upon"}, {"sense": "alight", "word": "alight"}, {"sense": "alight", "word": "land"}, {"tags": ["archaic", "informal"], "word": "lite"}, {"word": "lighte"}, {"word": "lyght"}, {"tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "lyghte"}, {"tags": ["Scotland"], "word": "licht"}], "translations": [{"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "natǎkvam se", "sense": "to find by chance", "word": "натъквам се"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to find by chance", "word": "snuble over"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to find by chance", "word": "löytää sattumalta"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to find by chance", "word": "törmätä"}, {"code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to find by chance", "word": "trovar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to find by chance", "word": "mwanga"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "slizam", "sense": "alight", "word": "слизам"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "alight", "word": "lande"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "alight", "word": "päätyä"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "alight", "word": "laskeutua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "alight", "word": "pudota"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "alight", "word": "mwanga"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "alight", "word": "xuống"}], "word": "light"}

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[…], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Iohn Lichfield and William Turner, […], →OCLC:", "text": "if a thousand candles be all lighted from one", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set fire to; to set burning."], "links": [["set fire", "set fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set fire to; to set burning."], "synonyms": [{"word": "ignite"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "conflagrate"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night."}, {"text": "19th century', Frederic Harrison, The Fortnightly Review\nOne hundred years ago, to have lit this theatre as brilliantly as it is now lighted would have cost, I suppose, fifty pounds."}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. 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Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 9:", "text": "\"Can I light you down to your cab?\"", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark."], "links": [["illuminate", "illuminate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark."], "synonyms": [{"word": "illuminate"}, {"word": "light up"}, {"word": "illuminate"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "This soggy match will not light.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To become ignited; to take fire."], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "catch fire"}, {"word": "ignite"}, {"word": "conflagrate"}, {"word": "combust"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1824, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations: Richard 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"to start (a fire)", "word": "aansteek"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʔašʕala", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "أَشْعَلَ"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʔawqada", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "أَوْقَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "vaṙel", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "վառել"}, {"code": "aii", "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic", "roman": "ṭāpe", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "ܛܲܦܹܐ"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "piztu"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "isiotu"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zapálʹvacʹ", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "запа́льваць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zapalícʹ", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "запалі́ць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "zapalvam", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "запалвам"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "palja", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "паля"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "mi:htwan:", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "မီးထွန်း"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "encendre"}, {"code": "cic", "lang": "Chickasaw", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "ooti"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "tiám-hóe, tiám-hé", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "點火 /点火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "diǎnhuǒ", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "點火 /点火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "diǎnrán", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "點燃 /点燃"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "zapálit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "tænde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "aansteken"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "ekbruligi"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "fajrigi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "süütama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "läitma"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "allumer"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "prender"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "acender"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "anzünden"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "anstecken"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "anmachen"}, {"code": "gmh", "lang": "Middle High German", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "enzünden"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "anávo", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "ανάβω"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "háptō", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "ἅπτω"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "aíthō", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "αἴθω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hitsít", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "הצית"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hevʾír", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "הבעיר"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "jalānā", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "जलाना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "prajvalan", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "प्रज्वलन"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "gyújt"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "meggyújt"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "felgyújt"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "kveikja"}, {"code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "acendar"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "virittää"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "syttää"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "las"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "accendere"}, {"alt": "いんかする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "inka-suru", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "引火する"}, {"alt": "てんかする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tenka-suru", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "点火する"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "oc pləəŋ", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "អុចភ្លើង"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "bulbuchida", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "불붙이다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "bur-eul jireuda", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "불을 지르다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "jeomhwahada", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "점화(點火)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "inhwahada", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "인화(引火)하다"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "agir vêxistin"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "tai", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "ໄຕ້"}, {"code": "ltg", "lang": "Latgalian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "aizdegt"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "accendō"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "incendeō"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "aizdedzināt"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "aizdegt"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "iedegt"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "uzdegt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "uždegti"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kattiykkuka", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "കത്തിയ്ക്കുക"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "raiti"}, {"code": "lus", "lang": "Mizo", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "häl"}, {"code": "lus", "lang": "Mizo", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "tialh"}, {"code": "lus", "lang": "Mizo", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "ṭankai"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "abbiccià"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "upatsa"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "note": "in order to cook", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "uvuza"}, {"code": "nrm", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "alleunmer"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "tenne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "alucar"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "ǣlan"}, {"code": "roa-opt", "lang": "Old Portuguese", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "acender"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "afrôxtan", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "افروختن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "rowšan kardan", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "روشن کردن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "dargirânidan", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "درگیرانیدن"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "rozpalić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "zapalić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "acender"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "aprinde"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zažigátʹ", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "зажига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zažéčʹ", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "заже́чь"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "razžigátʹ", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "разжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "razžéčʹ", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "разже́чь"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "запалити"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "упалити"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "zapaliti"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "upaliti"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "zapáliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "zažať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "prižgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "encender"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "acender"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "fogarizar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "tända"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "liwanag"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "ilawan"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "aṇṭiñcu", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "అంటించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "jùt", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "จุด"}, {"code": "tpi", "lang": "Tok Pisin", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "lait"}, {"code": "tpi", "lang": "Tok Pisin", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "kamapim"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "yakmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zapáljuvaty", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "запа́лювати"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zapalýty", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "запали́ти"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "inpiẑar"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "inpiar"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "đốt"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "thắp"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "châm"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "nhóm"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "esprinde"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "aloumer"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "atoker"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "cynnau"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "tsindn", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "צינדן"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "ontsindn", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "אָנצינדן"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "wekerden"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "rosn kerden"}, {"code": "nmn", "lang": "ǃXóõ", "sense": "to start (a fire)", "word": "ʘʻáa"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to set fire to", "word": "encendre"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to set fire to", "word": "ekbruligi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to set fire to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to set fire to", "word": "allumer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to set fire to", "word": "anzünden"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "jalānā", "sense": "to set fire to", "word": "जलाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to set fire to", "word": "meggyújt"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to set fire to", "word": "virittää"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to set fire to", "word": "dare fuoco"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to set fire to", "word": "accendere"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to set fire to", "word": "ǣlan"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": 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