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inlighted

inlighted adjective: lit up or lighted; illuminated. Also the simple past and past participle of inlight.

Adjective

inlighted (comparative more inlighted, superlative most inlighted)

  1. Lit up or lighted; illuminated.
    • And source of things, Shall, with inlighted rays, Pierce all their ways!1894, Philip Gengembre Hubert, The Atlantic monthly
    • [...] As the Son: but secondarily, as a Lamp inlighted, so the Light of Life is to shine forth in you.1983, Edward Taylor, Thomas Marion Davis, Virginia L. Davis, Edward Taylor's Harmony of the Gospels

Also used as

inlighted is also the simple past and past participle of inlight.

Synonyms of inlighted

Forms of inlighted

comparativemore inlighted
superlativemost inlighted

Origin of inlighted

From Middle English inlighted, from Old English inlīhted, past participle of inlīhtan (“to illuminate, enlighten”), equivalent to inlight + -ed. More at inlight.

Questions about inlighted

What does inlighted mean?
Inlighted means lit up or lighted; illuminated.
What part of speech is inlighted?
Inlighted is an adjective.

Words near inlighted in the dictionary

  1. inlibration
  2. inlier
  3. inlierness
  4. inliers
  5. inlight
  6. inlighted
  7. inlighten
  8. inlightens
  9. inlighting
  10. inlights
  11. inlinability

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