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backlighted

backlighted is the simple past and past participle of backlight.

Meaning of backlight

Verb

backlight (third-person singular simple present backlights, present participle backlighting, simple past and past participle backlighted or backlit)

  1. (transitive) To illuminate something from behind.
    • It offers few subtleties, but those can be effective, as when the chorus is backlighted in the rear of the auditorium to produce an ominous play of shadows onstage.2007 June 2, James R. Oestreich, “Strange, Faraway Fantasies of Hell and Paradise”, in New York Times

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Questions about backlighted

What is backlighted the simple past and past participle of?
Backlighted is the simple past and past participle of backlight.

Words near backlighted in the dictionary

  1. backlet
  2. backlets
  3. backlift
  4. backlifts
  5. backlight
  6. backlighted
  7. backlighting
  8. backlights
  9. backline
  10. backliner
  11. backliners

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