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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "alighten",
"t": "to descend from a place: to dismount, get off; to descend to a place: to arrive or stop (at a place); to land; to drop; to attack; of lightning: to strike; to leap on to, mount; to descend in rank; to cause (someone) to lose rank; to come forth, spring from; to alleviate, relieve; (Christianity) of Jesus: to come down to earth from heaven, become incarnate; to descend (to hell); of the Holy Spirit, angels, miracles, etc.: to descend (from heaven); to descend (upon someone); to appear in a place"
},
"expansion": "Middle English alighten (“to descend from a place: to dismount, get off; to descend to a place: to arrive or stop (at a place); to land; to drop; to attack; of lightning: to strike; to leap on to, mount; to descend in rank; to cause (someone) to lose rank; to come forth, spring from; to alleviate, relieve; (Christianity) of Jesus: to come down to earth from heaven, become incarnate; to descend (to hell); of the Holy Spirit, angels, miracles, etc.: to descend (from heaven); to descend (upon someone); to appear in a place”)",
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"1": "aliȝt, aliȝte, aliȝth, alight, alighte, aliht, alihte, allight, allighten, alliȝt, allyght, allyhte, alyȝt, alyȝte, alyght, alyghte, alyht, alyhte",
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"3": "ālīhtan",
"t": "to alight, dismount"
},
"expansion": "Old English ālīhtan (“to alight, dismount”)",
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"1": "ang",
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"t": "to descend, alight, light; to make easy or light, alleviate, lighten, relieve"
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"expansion": "līehtan (“to descend, alight, light; to make easy or light, alleviate, lighten, relieve”)",
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"3": "*h₁lengʷʰ-",
"t": "not heavy, light"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“not heavy, light”)",
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ġelīhtan",
"t": "to descend; to come down, dismount; to make easy or light, alleviate, lighten, relieve"
},
"expansion": "Old English ġelīhtan (“to descend; to come down, dismount; to make easy or light, alleviate, lighten, relieve”)",
"name": "inh"
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"2": "ġe-",
"pos": "intensifying prefix, attached to verbs to indicate completeness or perfection"
},
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"1": "ang",
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"expansion": "līehtan",
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"1": "en",
"2": "a",
"3": "light",
"pos1": "prefix meaning ‘away, from, off, out’",
"t2": "to ease, lighten; to take off; to unload; to dismount; (archaic) to come down, land; to dismount"
},
"expansion": "a- (prefix meaning ‘away, from, off, out’) + light (“to ease, lighten; to take off; to unload; to dismount; (archaic) to come down, land; to dismount”)",
"name": "prefix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "erlichten",
"t": "to lighten"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German erlichten (“to lighten”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "gilīhten",
"t": "to make less heavy, lighten"
},
"expansion": "Old High German gilīhten (“to make less heavy, lighten”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "gelīhten"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German gelīhten",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "goh",
"2": "irlīhten",
"t": "to alleviate"
},
"expansion": "Old High German irlīhten (“to alleviate”)",
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "erlīhten"
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"expansion": "Middle High German erlīhten",
"name": "cog"
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "erleichten"
},
"expansion": "German erleichten",
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English alighten (“to descend from a place: to dismount, get off; to descend to a place: to arrive or stop (at a place); to land; to drop; to attack; of lightning: to strike; to leap on to, mount; to descend in rank; to cause (someone) to lose rank; to come forth, spring from; to alleviate, relieve; (Christianity) of Jesus: to come down to earth from heaven, become incarnate; to descend (to hell); of the Holy Spirit, angels, miracles, etc.: to descend (from heaven); to descend (upon someone); to appear in a place”) [and other forms], from a merger of:\n* Old English ālīhtan (“to alight, dismount”), from ā- (prefix meaning ‘away, from, off, out’) + līhtan, līehtan (“to descend, alight, light; to make easy or light, alleviate, lighten, relieve”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“not heavy, light”); and\n* Old English ġelīhtan (“to descend; to come down, dismount; to make easy or light, alleviate, lighten, relieve”), from ġe- (intensifying prefix, attached to verbs to indicate completeness or perfection) + līhtan, līehtan (see above).\nThe English word is analysable as a- (prefix meaning ‘away, from, off, out’) + light (“to ease, lighten; to take off; to unload; to dismount; (archaic) to come down, land; to dismount”).\ncognates\n* Middle Low German erlichten (“to lighten”)\n* Old High German gilīhten (“to make less heavy, lighten”) (Middle High German gelīhten); Old High German irlīhten (“to alleviate”) (Middle High German erlīhten, modern German erleichten)",
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{
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{
"form": "alit",
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"participle",
"past"
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{
"form": "alit",
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"To make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve."
],
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"make",
"make#Verb"
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"less",
"less#Adverb"
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"heavy",
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],
[
"lighten",
"lighten"
],
[
"alleviate",
"alleviate"
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"(transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve."
],
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{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "alighten"
}
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"also",
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"transitive"
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"_dis": "17 12 12 1 14 1 10 1 3 1 7 0 9 13",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Light",
"orig": "en:Light",
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"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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{
"text": "He alighted from his horse.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Passengers are alighting from the carriage.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1939 June, “Pertinent Paragraphs: A Surprise at Didcot”, in The Railway Magazine, Westminster, London: IPC Transport Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 452",
"text": "Dashing back to my compartment, I grabbed my impedimenta—what my companion thought of the maniac who alighted at a station only half-way to the first booked stop I don't know!—got out, hurried under the subway, and was into my 10.45 comfortably before its departure.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2021 November 3, Paul Stephen, “As Far North as You Can Go … to Thurso”, in Rail, number 943, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 49",
"text": "That, combined with the fact that I alight with only four or five other passengers, is a sad reminder of how most people continue to choose to travel to this far-flung corner of the UK.",
"type": "quotation"
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"Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop."
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"get off"
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[
"animal",
"animal"
],
[
"riding",
"ride#Verb"
],
[
"dismount",
"dismount#Verb"
],
[
"descend",
"descend"
],
[
"exit",
"exit#Verb"
],
[
"vehicle",
"vehicle"
],
[
"complete",
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],
[
"journey",
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[
"stop",
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"(intransitive)",
"Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop."
],
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{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "alighten"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "light"
},
{
"word": "disembark"
},
{
"word": "debark"
},
{
"word": "get off"
},
{
"word": "get out"
},
{
"word": "unlight"
}
],
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"intransitive"
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"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slízam",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "сли́зам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "baixar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "sesednout"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vysednout"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vystoupit"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "afstappen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "uitstappen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "maha tulema"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "väljuma"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "laskeutua"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "aussteigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katevaíno",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "κατεβαίνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "kiszáll"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "leszáll"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "makere"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "tau"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "whakaeke"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "descer"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "desembarcar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "coborî"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spéšivatʹsja",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "спе́шиваться"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "from a horse",
"roman": "spéšitʹsja",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спе́шиться"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyxodítʹ",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выходи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výjti",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́йти"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "apearse"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "bajarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "stiga av"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 3 9 1 2 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "xuống xe"
}
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "A flying bird alights upon a tree.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Snow alights on a roof.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Andrew Martin, “The World of Charles Pearson”, in Underground Overground: A Passenger’s History of the Tube, paperback edition, London: Profile Books, published 2013, page 25",
"text": "In 1851 the Great Northern Railway had reached London and began operating into a terminus at Maiden Lane, just north of the New Road [later renamed Euston Road]. In 1854 they moved up to the New Road itself, with the opening of King's Cross station, east of Euston. The railways were alighting on the New Road like birds perching on a branch (the Midland Railway would open St Pancras, between Euston and King's Cross in 1868), and [Charles] Pearson took note.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest."
],
"id": "en-alight-en-verb-1PncBDRU",
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[
"at",
"at"
],
[
"on",
"on#Preposition"
],
[
"upon",
"upon"
],
[
"aloft",
"aloft"
],
[
"settle",
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],
[
"land",
"land#Verb"
],
[
"lodge",
"lodge#Verb"
],
[
"rest",
"rest#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"(also figuratively) Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest."
],
"tags": [
"also",
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 20 34 25 8 8 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kacam",
"sense": "of something aloft: to descend and settle — see also land, lodge, rest, stop",
"word": "кацам"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 34 25 8 8 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of something aloft: to descend and settle — see also land, lodge, rest, stop",
"word": "asettua"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 34 25 8 8 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of something aloft: to descend and settle — see also land, lodge, rest, stop",
"word": "leszáll"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 34 25 8 8 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of something aloft: to descend and settle — see also land, lodge, rest, stop",
"word": "rászáll"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 34 25 8 8 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of something aloft: to descend and settle — see also land, lodge, rest, stop",
"word": "tau"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 34 25 8 8 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of something aloft: to descend and settle — see also land, lodge, rest, stop",
"word": "pousar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 34 25 8 8 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prizemljátʹsja",
"sense": "of something aloft: to descend and settle — see also land, lodge, rest, stop",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приземля́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 34 25 8 8 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prizemlítʹsja",
"sense": "of something aloft: to descend and settle — see also land, lodge, rest, stop",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "приземли́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 34 25 8 8 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of something aloft: to descend and settle — see also land, lodge, rest, stop",
"word": "aterrizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 34 25 8 8 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of something aloft: to descend and settle — see also land, lodge, rest, stop",
"word": "posarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 34 25 8 8 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of something aloft: to descend and settle — see also land, lodge, rest, stop",
"word": "slå ner sig"
}
]
},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"name": "m"
},
{
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"2": "a",
"3": "light",
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
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"t": "to light up, illuminate"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"text": "With a heavy load of 650 tons for Arras and Lille we started very quietly, with about a third of a glass of water, and the fire barely alight. This frightened me, but I had reckoned without the 4-6-4's American mechanical stoker.",
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"word": "le thine"
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{
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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"word": "rozzářený"
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"sense": "of an electrical light source: switched on and emitting light",
"word": "rozsvícený"
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"word": "päällä"
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"word": "rozzářený"
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"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
"word": "maha tulema"
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"sense": "to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle",
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"word": "tuleen"
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"word": "rozzářený"
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},
"expansion": "adjective",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "adverb"
},
"expansion": "adverb",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "alight",
"pos": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "Middle English alight (adjective)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "aliȝht, aliȝt, aliȝthe, alyȝt",
"otherforms": "1"
},
"expansion": "[and other forms]",
"name": "nb..."
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ālīht"
},
"expansion": "Old English ālīht",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ālȳht"
},
"expansion": "ālȳht",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "past"
},
"expansion": "past",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "participle"
},
"expansion": "participle",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ālīhtan"
},
"expansion": "Old English ālīhtan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ālȳhtan",
"pos": "verb"
},
"expansion": "ālȳhtan (verb)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "a",
"3": "light",
"pos1": "prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’, used to show a condition, manner, or state",
"t2": "not dark or obscure, bright, clear; highly luminous"
},
"expansion": "a- (prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’, used to show a condition, manner, or state) + light (“not dark or obscure, bright, clear; highly luminous”)",
"name": "prefix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "2"
},
"expansion": "²",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "erleuchten",
"t": "to light up, illuminate"
},
"expansion": "German erleuchten (“to light up, illuminate”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "The verb is probably derived partly:\n* 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\n* 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\n* from later uses of alight (adjective).\nThe 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”).\nThe 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”).\ncognates\n* German erleuchten (“to light up, illuminate”)",
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{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "alight (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Chiefly in set alight: in flames, on fire; aflame."
],
"links": [
[
"set alight",
"set alight"
],
[
"in flames",
"in flames"
],
[
"on fire",
"on fire"
],
[
"aflame",
"aflame"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(also figuratively) Chiefly in set alight: in flames, on fire; aflame."
],
"tags": [
"also",
"figuratively",
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈlaɪt/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪt"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/En-us-alight.ogg/En-us-alight.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/En-us-alight.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
},
{
"enpr": "ə-līt'"
}
],
"word": "alight"
}
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