alight
Passengers can only alight from buses at an alighting point, and cannot board them.
Meanings
Verb
- To get off or exit a vehicle or animal; to descend; to dismount.
- To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop.
- To find by accident; to come upon.
- To befall or betide.
- To make light or less heavy; lighten; alleviate.
- To light; light up; illuminate.
- To set light to; light.
Adjective
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Origin
- From Middle English alighten, from a merger of Old English ālīhtan, from prefix ā- (compare Gothic 𐌿𐍃-, German er- originally meaning "out") + līhtan; and Old English ġelīhtan; equivalent to .
- From Middle English alighten, from a merger of Old English ālīhtan and Old English ġelīhtan ("to lighten, mitigate, assuage"); equivalent to .
- From Middle English alighten, from Old English ālīhtan; equivalent to . Cognate with German erleuchten.
- From Middle English alight, from Old English, past participle of ālīhtan; see above.
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