LekhoriLekhoriTo make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve.
Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.
He alighted from his horse.
Burning, lit, on fire.
The burning embers and the dry wind quickly set the whole neighbourhood alight.
Often followed by with: shining with light; luminous, radiant; also, brightly coloured; vivid.
Chiefly in set alight: in flames, on fire; aflame.
Each chapel had its saintly shrine, hung around with offerings; its picture above the altar, although closely veiled, if by any painter of renown; and its hallowed tapers, burning continually, to set alight the devotion of the worshippers.
From Middle English alighten (“to descend from a place: to dismount, get off; to descend to a place: to arrive or stop (at a place); to land; to drop; to attack; of lightning: to strike; to leap on to...
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Aglow with activity or emotion.
Her face was alight with happiness.