alit

[ uh-lit ]
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verb
  1. a simple past tense and past participle of alight1.

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How to use alit in a sentence

  • A belated song-sparrow alit on one of the old guns near them, and sang thinly for a moment or two.

    The Silver Poppy | Arthur Stringer
  • It flew circling among the crags, and once I thought it had passed seaward; but it came again, and alit on a boulder.

  • alit et ditat is the inscription which stands, rightly and properly, on the front of the building.

    The Social Contract & Discourses | Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Mrs. Baring said that when Plonplon, commonly called Fatalit, was ill, the people said he was Fat alit.

    The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6 | Augustus J. C. Hare
  • We alit before a stately hermitage, set amidst the evergreen trees of well-kept grounds.

    Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa Yogananda

British Dictionary definitions for alit

alit

/ (əˈlɪt) /


verb
  1. a rare past tense and past participle of alight 1

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