Alightment

1alight pronunciation: function: intransitive verb inflected form(s): alight;ed also alit ; alight;ingetymology: middle english, from old english ālīhtan, from ā- (perfective prefix) + līhtan to alight — more at abide, lightdate: before 12th century 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, settle3 archaic : to come by chance— alight;ment noun