alight

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to descend and settle, as a bird; also on fire or lit up

   A sparrow came to alight on the windowsill.

From Middle English alighten, from Old English ālīhtan ('to dismount, descend'), from ā- (intensive prefix) + līhtan ('to relieve of weight, dismount'), from līht ('light, not heavy').

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