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alit

[ uh-lit ]

verb

  1. a simple past tense and past participle of alight 1.


alit

/ əˈlɪt /

verb

  1. a rare past tense and past participle of alight 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Earlier this year, China’s social media was alit with videos of jobless university graduates visiting temples to seek the blessings of the gods.

From Reuters

Just as the animal was nearly out of sight, it flew back upriver, alit on the water, and floated back down—over and over again.

More than 75,000 spectators attended the Matildas’ quarterfinal victory and the Sydney Opera House was alit in the yellow and green team colors.

A hawk alit upon the hayloft railing and was unseated unceremoniously when a raven landed nearly on top of it.

Listeners could then meander over to a 13th-century royal banquet hall, whose medieval splendor was the backdrop for the Indonesian ensemble Gamelan Salukat, performing works by the experimental composer Dewa Alit.

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