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Alighting

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who alights.

    "The Eagles are a dangerous 'machine'. I have used them sparingly, and that is the absolute limit of their credibility or usefulness. The alighting of a Great Eagle of the Misty Mountains in the Shire is absurd; it also makes the later capture of G. by Saruman incredible, and spoils the account of his escape."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of alight form-of, gerund, participle, present

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