lighted
adjective
[ ˈlʌɪtɪd ]
• provided with light or lighting; illuminated.
• "lighted tennis courts"
• having been ignited; burning.
• "a lighted candle"
light
verb
• provide with light or lighting; illuminate.
• "the room was lit by a number of small lamps"
• make (something) start burning; ignite.
• "Allen gathered sticks and lit a fire"
Similar:
set alight,
set light to,
set burning,
set on fire,
set fire to,
put/set a match to,
ignite,
kindle,
burn,
spark (off),
fire,
touch off,
start,
torch,
enkindle,
Origin:
Old English lēoht, līht (noun and adjective), līhtan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch licht and German Licht, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek leukos ‘white’ and Latin lux ‘light’.
light
verb
• come upon or discover by chance.
• "he lit on a possible solution"
Similar:
come across,
chance on,
hit on,
happen on,
stumble on/across,
blunder on,
find,
discover,
uncover,
arrive at,
encounter,
think of,
come up with,
• descend.
• "from the horse he lit down"
Origin:
Old English līhtan (in light3 (sense 2); also ‘lessen the weight of’), from light2; compare with alight1.
