Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to light
Participle: lighted; lit
Gerund: lighting
Indicative
Present
| I | light |
| you | light |
| he;she;it | lights |
| we | light |
| you | light |
| they | light |
Perfect
| I | have lighted; lit |
| you | have lighted; lit |
| he;she;it | has lighted; lit |
| we | have lighted; lit |
| you | have lighted; lit |
| they | have lighted; lit |
Past
| I | lighted; lit |
| you | lighted; lit |
| he;she;it | lighted; lit |
| we | lighted; lit |
| you | lighted; lit |
| they | lighted; lit |
Pluperfect
| I | had lighted; lit |
| you | had lighted; lit |
| he;she;it | had lighted; lit |
| we | had lighted; lit |
| you | had lighted; lit |
| they | had lighted; lit |
Future
| I | will light |
| you | will light |
| he;she;it | will light |
| we | will light |
| you | will light |
| they | will light |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lighted; lit |
| you | will have lighted; lit |
| he;she;it | will have lighted; lit |
| we | will have lighted; lit |
| you | will have lighted; lit |
| they | will have lighted; lit |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | light |
| you | light |
| he;she;it | light |
| we | light |
| you | light |
| they | light |
Perfect
| I | have lighted; lit |
| you | have lighted; lit |
| he;she;it | have lighted; lit |
| we | have lighted; lit |
| you | have lighted; lit |
| they | have lighted; lit |
Imperfect
| I | lighted; lit |
| you | lighted; lit |
| he;she;it | lighted; lit |
| we | lighted; lit |
| you | lighted; lit |
| they | lighted; lit |
Pluperfect
| I | had lighted; lit |
| you | had lighted; lit |
| he;she;it | had lighted; lit |
| we | had lighted; lit |
| you | had lighted; lit |
| they | had lighted; lit |
Conditional
Present
| I | would light |
| you | would light |
| he;she;it | would light |
| we | would light |
| you | would light |
| they | would light |
Perfect
| I | would have lighted; lit |
| you | would have lighted; lit |
| he;she;it | would have lighted; lit |
| we | would have lighted; lit |
| you | would have lighted; lit |
| they | would have lighted; lit |
Imperative
| you | light |
| we | Let's light |
| you | light |
Verbs similar to 'light'
alight,
blight,
dight,
fight,
flight,
hight,
night,
plight,
right,
sight,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause to begin burning; to start a [[fire]]
- conflagrate, fire, ignite, inflame, kindle, set ablaze, set afire, set aflame, set alight, set fire, set on fire
- to supply with light
- belight, beshine, enlighten, illume, illuminate, illumine, illustrate, irradiate, light up, lighten, shed light on
Additional Information
Etymology
1. "touch down," from O.E.
lihtan "to alight," from P.Gmc.
*linkhtijan, lit. "to make light," from
*lingkhtaz "not heavy." Apparently the ground sense is "to dismount a horse, etc., and thus relieve it of one's weight." To
light out "leave hastily" is 1870, from a nautical meaning "move out, move heavy objects," of unknown origin but perhaps belonging to this word.
2. From Middle English lighten, lihten, from Old English līehtan (“to light, to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *liuhtijaną, from *leuhtą + *-janą. Cognate with German leuchten (“to shine”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*liuhtijaną', German, old spelling '
leuchten'.
Verbs referencing "light"
Sanskrit
रोचते, Sranan
leti, Luxembourgish
liichten, Sanskrit
रंहति, Xhosa
layita, Bulgarian
лъскам.
Sample Sentences
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[...] Mrs. Shelby had gone on her visit, and Eliza stood in the verandah, rather dejectedly looking after the retreating carriage, when a hand was laid on her shoulder. She turned, and a bright smile lighted up her fine eyes.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] intellect began to work: she perceived that here was a way by which she could herself make up a sign of anything that was in her own mind, and show it to another mind; and at once her countenance lighted up with a human expression: it was no longer a dog, or parrot: it was an immortal spirit, eagerly seizing upon a new link of union with other spirits ! I could almost fix upon the moment when this [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] of those I have seen at home. Their mode of bestowing the prisoners at night (which is of general adoption ) differs from ours, and is both simple and effective. In the centre of a lofty area, lighted by windows in the four walls, are five tiers of cells, one above the other; each tier having before it a light iron gallery, attainable by stairs of the same construction and material: excepting the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Ho, ho ! ” said Sam, “ skeery, ar ye ? ” and his black visage lighted up with a curious, mischievous gleam. “ I'll fix ye now ! ” said he.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] or to have any secrets from the public eye, was not entertainable for a moment. Even where a blazing fire shone through the uncurtained windows of some distant house, it had the air of being newly lighted, and of lacking warmth; and instead of awakening thoughts of a snug chamber, bright with faces that first saw the light round that same hearth, and ruddy with warm hangings, it came upon one [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Behold, then, the candles lighted, the fire stimulated to the burning point in the grate, and our three worthies seated round a table, well spread with all the accessories to good fellowship enumerated before.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] furnace-doors, but are cold and black, as though the fires within had all gone out. Some two or three are open, and women, with drooping heads bent down, are talking to the inmates. The whole is lighted by a skylight, but it is fast closed; and from the roof there dangle, limp and drooping, two useless windsails.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The streets and shops are lighted now; and as the eye travels down the long thoroughfare, dotted with bright jets of gas, it is reminded of Oxford Street, or Piccadilly. Here and there a flight of broad stone cellar-steps appears, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] of square of leprous houses, some of which are attainable only by crazy wooden stairs without. What lies beyond this tottering flight of steps, that creak beneath our tread ? — a miserable room, lighted by one dim candle, and destitute of all comfort, save that which may be hidden in a wretched bed. Beside it, sits a man: his elbows on his knees: his forehead hidden in his hands. ‘What ails that [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] town, into such holes as these ? Do men and women, against whom no crime is proved, lie here all night in perfect darkness, surrounded by the noisome vapours which encircle that flagging lamp you light us with, and breathing this filthy and offensive stench ! Why, such indecent and disgusting dungeons as these cells, would bring disgrace upon the most despotic empire in the world! Look at them, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)