English Explanatory Dictionary

unlight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To extinguish, turn off, or dim the light from
noun
  1. The absence of light; darkness.
verb
  1. To alight; dismount
adj
  1. Not light (“having little weight”).

Word forms

unlight unlights unlighting unlighted unlit

Etymology

From un- + light or, in the case of the verb, perhaps from Middle English *unlighten (suggested by past participle unlight, unlyght, unliȝt (“unlit”)), equivalent to un- + light.

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