lighted or lit
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lighted vs lit :
Definitions
- v make lighter or brighter
- v begin to smoke
- v to come to rest, settle
Misfortune lighted upon him - v cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
- v fall to somebody by assignment or lot
- v alight from (a horse)
- a set afire or burning
the lighted candles
a lighted cigarette - s provided with artificial light
looked up at the lighted windows
a well-lighted stairwell
- n the humanistic study of a body of literature
he took a course in Russian lit - v make lighter or brighter
- v begin to smoke
After the meal, some of the diners lit up - v to come to rest, settle
- v cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
- v fall to somebody by assignment or lot
- v alight from (a horse)
- s provided with artificial light
a brightly lit room - a set afire or burning
a lit firecracker
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