alight

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To come down and settle, as after flight: a sparrow alighting on a branch.
2. v. To get down, as from a vehicle; dismount: The queen alighted from the carriage.
3. v. To come by chance: alight on a happy solution.
4. adj. Burning; lighted: The discarded match was still alight.
5. adj. Illuminated: The sky was alight with millions of stars.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To light; light up; illuminate.
2. To set light to; light (a fire, lamp, etc.).
3. Provided with light; lighted up; illuminated.
4. To make light or less heavy; lighten; alleviate.
5. To get down or descend, as from horseback or from a carriage; dismount.
6. To settle or lodge after descending: as, a bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
7. To fall (upon); come (upon) accidentally, or without design; light: as, to alight on a particular passage in a book, or on a particular fact; to alight on a rare plant.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To make light or less heavy; lighten; alleviate.
2. v. intransitive To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
3. v. intransitive, with on To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop.
4. v. intransitive To come or chance (upon).
5. v. transitive To light; light up; illuminate.
6. v. transitive To set light to; light.
7. adj. Lit, on fire, switched on.
8. adj. figuratively Lit; on fire, burning.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
2. v. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop
3. v. rare To come or chance (upon).
4. adj. Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. to come to rest, settle
2. adj. lighted up by or as by fire or flame
3. v. come down