lighted up

A form of light up — To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of light up

    The night air was passably cool and he strolled through the town at a measured pace, killing time till bedtime. The garage was lighted up, the greengrocer's, the ham and beef shop.

    1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 14
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