[alight] vi alight.ed also alit ; alight.ing [ME, fr. OE alihtan, fr. a- (perfective prefix) + lihtan to alight--more at abide, light] (bef. 12c) 1: to come down from something (as a vehicle): as a: dismount b: deplane
2: to descend from or as if from the air and come to rest: land, settle 3 archaic: to come by chance -- alight.ment n
[2]alight adj (15c) 1 chiefly Brit: being on fire
2: lighted up