Definitions for ALIT

ALIT a·lit

Spelling: [uh-lit]
IPA: /əˈlɪt/

Alit is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in ALIT (ailt).

Definitions for ALIT

verb

  1. a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .

verb (used without object)

  1. to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
  2. to settle or stay after descending:
  3. to encounter or notice something accidentally.

Origin of ALIT

before 1000; Middle English alighten, Old English ālīhtan, equivalent to ā- a-3 + līhtan to relieve (originally an animal mount) of weight, Examples for ALIT

Then Sir Launcelot alit and entered into the chapel and there he saw an old man dead, in a white shirt of passing fine cloth.

It flew circling among the crags, and once I thought it had passed seaward; but it came again, and alit on a boulder.

As ill-luck would have it, I alit upon my feet within the vehicle.

Right so alit a cloud betwixt them in likeness of a fire and a marvellous flame, that both their two shields burnt.

A faint scent of chypre from Petticoat's cigarette as he alit.

And on the strand he found a ship covered all with white samite, and he alit, and betook him to Jesu Christ.

And then he alit off his horse, and said: Fair sweet brother, when came ye hither?

Nutritur vento, vento restinguitur ignis: / Lenis alit flammas, grandior aura necat!

Then she there alit, and came before the king and saluted him; and he said: Damosel, God thee bless.

They were still high up, but all of a sudden they darted down together and alit on a tall tree that stood nearly alone.

Word Value for ALIT
Scrable

4

Words with friends

5

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