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litten

American  
[lit-n] / ˈlɪt n /

adjective

Archaic.
  1. an archaic variant of lighted.


Example Sentences

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Not in a litten house: Not ere the hour when night turns on itself And shakes the silence: not while ye wake together.

From King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? by Bottomley, Gordon

For her breathing in fragrance is written, And in music her path as she goes, And the cloud of her hair, it is litten With stars of the wind-woven rose.

From Medea of Euripedes by Euripedes

There on the green grass were tables arrayed, and lamps were hung above them on spears, to be litten when the daylight should fail. 

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William

Everywhere the green fire of Spring would be litten anew.

From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona

Not braver he that leaps the wall By level musket-flashes litten, Than I, who stepped before them all, Who longed to see me get the mitten.

From Recitations for the Social Circle by Harvey, James Clarence

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