Uplight

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A recessed light fixture that directs the light in an upward direction.
Verb
  1. 1
    To light up, illuminate. transitive

    "Save in the withered woods alone, where flashing bolts from Heaven Uplit the scene, and poured the fire, amid the branches riven."

  2. 2
    To illuminate from below. transitive

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uplighter

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"Save in the withered woods alone, where flashing bolts from Heaven Uplit the scene, and poured the fire, amid the branches riven."

Etymology

From up- + light. Compare Saterland Frisian apljuchte (“to illuminate”), West Frisian opljochtsje (“to illuminate”), Dutch oplichten (“to illuminate”), German Low German upluchten, uplüchten (“to illuminate”), German aufleuchten (“to illuminate”).

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