Meanings
comparative more inlighted · superlative most inlighted
- Lit up or lighted; illuminated.
And source of things, Shall, with inlighted rays, Pierce all their ways!
1894, Philip Gengembre Hubert, The Atlantic monthly1 more example
[...] As the Son: but secondarily, as a Lamp inlighted, so the Light of Life is to shine forth in you.
1983, Edward Taylor, Thomas Marion Davis, Virginia L. Davis, Edward Taylor's Harmony of the GospelsSynonyms: illuminated, lighty, lit up
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of inlight
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveLit up or lighted; illuminated.
Origin
- Old Englishinlīhted
- Middle Englishinlighted
- Englishinlighted
From Middle English inlighted, from Old English inlīhted, past participle of inlīhtan (“to illuminate, enlighten”), equivalent to inlight + -ed. More at inlight.
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