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• dismount — index alight Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• alight — alight1 [ə līt′] vi. alighted or alit, alighting [ME alighten < OE ālīhtan < a , out, off + līhtan, to dismount, render light < liht: see LIGHT2 (to dismount)] 1. to get down or off; dismount 2. to come down after flight; descend and… …   English World dictionary

• alight — vb 1 *descend, dismount Contrasted words: mount, *ascend, scale, climb 2 Alight, light, land, perch, roost share the meaning to come to rest after or as if after a flight, a descent, or a fall. Alight suggests previous controlled or gentle… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Dismount — Dis*mount , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dismounted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismounting}.] [Pref. dis + mount: cf. OF. desmonter, F. d[ e]monter.] 1. To come down; to descend. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount. Spenser. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dismount — [dis mount′; ] for vt. 1 & 3 often, & for n. usually [, dis′mount΄] vi. to get off or down, as from a horse, bicycle, etc.; alight vt. vt. 1. to remove (a thing) from its mounting or setting 2. to cause to dismount, as from a horse 3. to take… …   English World dictionary

• Alight — A*light , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Alighted}sometimes {Alit}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alighting}.] [OE. alihten, fr. AS. [=a]l[=i]htan; pref. [=a] (cf. Goth. us , G. er , orig. meaning out) + l[=i]htan, to alight, orig. to render light, to remove a burden… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dismount — alight, *descend Antonyms: mount …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• dismount — [v] get off something higher alight, debark, deplane, descend, detrain, disembark, get down, light; concept 195 Ant. get up, mount …   New thesaurus

• dismount — ► VERB 1) alight from a horse or bicycle. 2) remove (something) from its support …   English terms dictionary

• alight — verb climb down, depart, descend, descendere, disembark, dismount, egress, evacuate, exit, get down, get off, ground oneself, land, leave, part, set down, step down Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• alight — [v] land come down, debark, descend, disembark, dismount, get off, light, perch, settle, touch down; concepts 159,181 …   New thesaurus