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alightened

alightened is the simple past and past participle of alighten.

Meaning of alighten

Verb (1)

alighten (third-person singular simple present alightens, present participle alightening, simple past and past participle alightened)

  1. To alight, to dismount or get down from.
    • When I alighten at my destination, I saw them going in the rickshaw.1971, Shankar's Weekly - Volume 24, Part 2, page 52
  2. To alight; to land, to descend and rest.
    • The bees always alighten at the bottom of the spike, and, crawling spirally up it, sucked one flower after the other.1862, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening - Volume 3, page 163

Verb (2)

alighten (third-person singular simple present alightens, present participle alightening, simple past and past participle alightened)

  1. To lighten; to reduce in weight or heaviness.
    • I shivered and shook, and would have screqamed in my fright—but the Fiend,—as he seemed to be, —in a hoarse, croaking voice, charged me to keep silence,—saying that I had lain seven years bound for my sin, and that my soul would speedily be sent on an errand to sinners yet on the earth, to warn...1850, Thomas Cooper, Captain Cobler; Or, The Lincolnshire Rebellion, page 311

Verb (3)

alighten (third-person singular simple present alightens, present participle alightening, simple past and past participle alightened)

  1. To make light; to illuminate or brighten.
    • Of those who should be alightened by his faith and sanctified by his grace Christ designed to form a holy society, over which he will reign for ever.1806, Permiffion, The Laity's Directory, page 62

Questions about alightened

What is alightened the simple past and past participle of?
Alightened is the simple past and past participle of alighten.

Words near alightened in the dictionary

  1. Aligau
  2. aligerous
  3. alight
  4. alighted
  5. alighten
  6. alightened
  7. alightening
  8. alightens
  9. alightest
  10. alighteth
  11. alighting

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