Definition of Alighted

1. Verb. (past of alight) ¹

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Definition of Alighted

1. alight [v] - See also: alight

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alighted

alienor
alienors
aliens
aliethmoidal
aliettite
alif
alife
aliferous
aliform
alifs
aligarta
aligartas
aligerous
alight
alight(p)
alighted (current term)
alighting
alightment
alightments
alights
align
alignable
aligned
aligner
aligners
aligning
alignment
alignment chart
alignment charts
alignment curve

Literary usage of Alighted

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

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1842)
"An Owl alighted on the vessel and remained a short time. I saw it very well and near, but could not be certain of its species. Looking over the collection ..."

2. The Works of Virgil by Virgil (1891)
"Therefore dewy Iris, drawing a thousand various colors from the opposite sun, shoots downward through the sky on saffron wings, and alighted on ..."

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