litten

Verb

light (third-person singular simple present lights, present participle lighting, simple past and past participle lit or (now uncommon) lighted or (obsolete) light)

1. (transitive) To start (a fire).
   • We lit the fire to get some heat.

   Synonyms:

   set

   Antonyms:

   extinguish, put out, quench

2. (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.
   • She lit her last match.

   Synonyms:

   ignite, kindle, conflagrate, aflame, alight, fire, fire up, inflame, enkindle, light up

   Antonyms:

   extinguish, put out, quench

3. (transitive) To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
   • I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.

   Synonyms:

   illuminate, light up, alight, belight, beshine, bright, enlighten, fire, illume, illumine

4. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
   • This soggy match will not light.

   Synonyms:

   catch fire, ignite, conflagrate, catch on fire, combust, fire, go up in flames, go up in smoke, spunk, take fire

5. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
   • His bishops lead him forth, and light him on.1824, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations: Richard I and the Abbot of Boxley
6. (transitive, pinball) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
   • Light the extra ball by amassing 500 million points in the wizard mode.

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