Unlight
adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The absence of light; darkness. literary, poetic
"Those of the Unlight is probably Marduk's most traditional black metal recording, and one of my personal favorites."
- 1 To extinguish, turn off, or dim the light from rare, transitive
"His father, in another room, unlights the lamp and leaves the world alone."
- 2 To alight; dismount dialectal, intransitive
"I would rather take the water unmixed," said I. "Just as you like," said the old soldier; "but please to unlight, and come into my barracks, at all events.""
- 1 Not light (“having little weight”). rare
"And thought to bere him doun; With a launce unlight, He smote him in the lyoun; And Tristrem that was wight […]"
Synonyms
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More examples"His father, in another room, unlights the lamp and leaves the world alone."
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.
From Middle English unlighten (“to lighten the burden of; alleviate; dismount from horseback”), equivalent to un- + light (“to alight”).
From Middle English unlight, unlyght, unliȝt (“not light (in weight)”), equivalent to un- + light.
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