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belight

belight verb: to light up; illuminate.

Verb

belight (third-person singular simple present belights, present participle belighting, simple past and past participle belighted or belit)

  1. (dialectal, rare, transitive) To light up; illuminate.
  2. (dialectal, intransitive, rare) To become lit up; shine up; dawn.

Forms of belight

third-person singular presentbelights
present participlebelighting
past participlebelighted
pastbelighted
past participlebelit
pastbelit

Origin of belight

From Middle English bilihten (“to illuminate”); equivalent to be- + light. Compare Dutch belichten.

Questions about belight

What does belight mean?
Belight means to light up; illuminate.
What part of speech is belight?
Belight is a verb.
What is the past tense of belight?
The past tense of belight is belighted.

Words near belight in the dictionary

  1. believing is seeing
  2. believing one's ears
  3. believing one's eyes
  4. believingly
  5. believings
  6. belight
  7. belike
  8. beliked
  9. belikely
  10. belikes
  11. beliking

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