Antonym: ride. Similar words: highlight, light, plight, flight, blight, slight, light up, lighten. Meaning: [ə'laɪt] 
v. 1. to come to rest, settle 2. come down. adj. lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
v. 1. to come to rest, settle 2. come down. adj. lighted up by or as by fire or flame. 
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121. There are many people who " the moment they alight from the official carriage " make a hullabaloo.
122. Her eyes were alight with a girlish enjoyment of life.
123. One of them, the first to alight, hastened with quicksilver steps towards me.
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