verb To make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve.
verb 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.
verb 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.
verb Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest.
A flying bird alights upon a tree.
verb To come down or go down; to descend. Often followed by on or upon: of a blow, something thrown, etc.: to land heavily.
verb To come down or go down; to descend.
verb Often followed by on or upon: of a blow, something thrown, etc.: to land heavily.
verb Often followed by on or upon: to find by accident; to chance upon, to come upon.