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Definition of Lighted

1. Adjective. Set afire or burning. "A lit firecracker"

2. Adjective. Provided with artificial light. "A well-lighted stairwell"

Definition of Lighted

1. Verb. (past of light) ¹

2. Adjective. Filled with light; illuminated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lighted

1. light [v] - See also: light

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lighted

light years lightable lightbar lightbars lightboard lightboards lightbox lightboxes lightbulb lightbulbs

lightclock lightcone lightcones lightcurve lightcurves lighted (current term) lighten lighten someone's purse lighten up lightened

lightened up lightener lighteners lightening lightening up lightenings lightens lightens up lighter lighter-than-air

Literary usage of Lighted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by New Jersey Civil Service Commission (1910)
"Amsterdam: Number of hours street lamps are lighted per year 4000 Number of Humphrey arc lamps 2 G 6 Nassau & Suffolk Lighting Co. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It was so called because at this hour a number of candles were lighted, not only to give light, but also for symbolical purposes. ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1903)
"When a child I was so very happy when the light was lighted that I would dance around ... Even now my spirits rise when the lights are lighted or I am in a ..."

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