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lighting
(mass) | lighting
- osvetlenie, zapálenie |
lighting
(encz) | lighting,nasvícení n: Zdeněk Brož |
lighting
(encz) | lighting,osvětlení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Lighting
(gcide) | Light \Light\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lighted (l[imac]t"[e^]d) or
Lit (l[i^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Lighting.] [AS. l[=y]htan,
l[imac]htan, to shine. [root]122. See Light, n.]
1. To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to
ignite; to kindle; as, to light a candle or lamp; to light
the gas; -- sometimes with up.
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If a thousand candles be all lighted from one.
--Hakewill.
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And the largest lamp is lit. --Macaulay.
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Absence might cure it, or a second mistress
Light up another flame, and put out this. --Addison.
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2. To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to
spread over with light; -- often with up.
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Ah, hopeless, lasting flames! like those that burn
To light the dead. --Pope.
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One hundred years ago, to have lit this theater as
brilliantly as it is now lighted would have cost, I
suppose, fifty pounds. --F. Harrison.
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The sun has set, and Vesper, to supply
His absent beams, has lighted up the sky. --Dryden.
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3. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by
means of a light.
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His bishops lead him forth, and light him on.
--Landor.
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To light a fire, to kindle the material of a fire.
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Lighting
(gcide) | Light \Light\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lighted (l[imac]t"[e^]d) or
Lit (l[i^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Lighting.] [AS. l[imac]htan
to alight orig., to relieve (a horse) of the rider's burden,
to make less heavy, fr. l[imac]ht light. See Light not
heavy, and cf. Alight, Lighten to make light.]
1. To dismount; to descend, as from a horse or carriage; to
alight; -- with from, off, on, upon, at, in.
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When she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
--Gen. xxiv.
64.
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Slowly rode across a withered heath,
And lighted at a ruined inn. --Tennyson.
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2. To feel light; to be made happy. [Obs.]
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It made all their hearts to light. --Chaucer.
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3. To descend from flight, and rest, perch, or settle, as a
bird or insect.
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[The bee] lights on that, and this, and tasteth all.
--Sir. J.
Davies.
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On the tree tops a crested peacock lit. --Tennyson.
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4. To come down suddenly and forcibly; to fall; -- with on or
upon.
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On me, me only, as the source and spring
Of all corruption, all the blame lights due.
--Milton.
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5. To come by chance; to happen; -- with on or upon; formerly
with into.
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The several degrees of vision, which the assistance
of glasses (casually at first lit on) has taught us
to conceive. --Locke.
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They shall light into atheistical company. --South.
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And here we lit on Aunt Elizabeth,
And Lilia with the rest. --Tennyson.
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Lighting
(gcide) | Lighting \Light"ing\, n. (Metal.)
A name sometimes applied to the process of annealing metals.
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lighting
(wn) | lighting
n 1: having abundant light or illumination; "they played as long
as it was light"; "as long as the lighting was good" [syn:
light, lighting] [ant: dark, darkness]
2: apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the
stage or a film
3: the craft of providing artificial light; "an interior
decorator must understand lighting"
4: the act of setting something on fire [syn: ignition,
firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation] |
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lighting
(mass) | lighting
- osvetlenie, zapálenie |
alighting
(encz) | alighting,výstup |
highlighting
(encz) | highlighting,zvýraznění n: Zdeněk Brož |
indirect lighting
(encz) | indirect lighting, n: |
lighting
(encz) | lighting,nasvícení n: Zdeněk Brožlighting,osvětlení n: Zdeněk Brož |
lighting circuit
(encz) | lighting circuit, n: |
lighting fixture
(encz) | lighting fixture, n: |
lighting industry
(encz) | lighting industry, n: |
lighting-up
(encz) | lighting-up, adj: |
moonlighting
(encz) | moonlighting,melouchaření n: Zdeněk Brož |
sheet lighting
(encz) | sheet lighting, n: |
slighting
(encz) | slighting,pohrdavý adj: Zdeněk Brožslighting,urážlivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
slightingly
(encz) | slightingly,opovržlivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
strip lighting
(encz) | strip lighting, n: |
Alighting
(gcide) | Alight \A*light"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Alightedsometimes
Alit; p. pr. & vb. n. Alighting.] [OE. alihten, fr. AS.
[=a]l[imac]htan; pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig.
meaning out) + l[imac]htan, to alight, orig. to render light,
to remove a burden from, fr. l[imac]ht, leoht, light. See
Light, v. i.]
1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback
or from a carriage; to dismount.
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2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying
bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
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3. To come or chance (upon). [R.]
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Blighting
(gcide) | Blight \Blight\ (bl[imac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blighted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Blighting.] [Perh. contr. from AS.
bl[imac]cettan to glitter, fr. the same root as E. bleak. The
meaning "to blight" comes in that case from to glitter,
hence, to be white or pale, grow pale, make pale, bleach. Cf.
Bleach, Bleak.]
1. To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and
fertility of.
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[This vapor] blasts vegetables, blights corn and
fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man.
--Woodward.
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2. Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar
essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.
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Seared in heart and lone and blighted. --Byron.
[1913 Webster]Blighting \Blight"ing\, a.
Causing blight.
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Blightingly
(gcide) | Blightingly \Blight"ing*ly\, adv.
So as to cause blight.
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Delighting
(gcide) | Delight \De*light"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delighted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Delighting.] [OE. deliten, OF. delitier, deleitier,
F. d['e]lecter, fr. L. delectare to entice away, to delight
(sc. by attracting or alluring), intens. of delicere to
allure, delight; de- + lacere to entice, allure; cf. laqueus
a snare. Cf. Delectate, Delicate, Delicious,
Dilettante, Elicit, Lace.]
To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please
highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony
delights the ear.
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Inventions to delight the taste. --Shak.
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Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
--Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]Delighting \De*light"ing\, a.
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. --Jer.
Taylor.
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Delightingly
(gcide) | Delighting \De*light"ing\, a.
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. --Jer.
Taylor.
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Plighting
(gcide) | Plight \Plight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plighted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plighting.] [AS. plihtan to expose to danger, pliht
danger;cf. D. verplichten to oblige, engage, impose a duty,
G. verpflichten, Sw. f["o]rplikta, Dan. forpligte. See
Plight, n.]
1. To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some
act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to
property or goods. " To do them plighte their troth."
--Piers Plowman.
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He plighted his right hand
Unto another love, and to another land. --Spenser.
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Here my inviolable faith I plight. --Dryden.
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2. To promise; to engage; to betroth.
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Before its setting hour, divide
The bridegroom from the plighted bride. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Slighting
(gcide) | Slight \Slight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slighted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slighting.]
To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to
make light of; as, to slight the divine commands. --Milton.
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The wretch who slights the bounty of the skies.
--Cowper.
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To slight off, to treat slightingly; to drive off; to
remove. [R.] -- To slight over, to run over in haste; to
perform superficially; to treat carelessly; as, to slight
over a theme. "They will but slight it over." --Bacon.
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Syn: To neglect; disregard; disdain; scorn.
Usage: Slight, Neglect. To slight is stronger than to
neglect. We may neglect a duty or person from
inconsiderateness, or from being over-occupied in
other concerns. To slight is always a positive and
intentional act, resulting from feelings of dislike or
contempt. We ought to put a kind construction on what
appears neglect on the part of a friend; but when he
slights us, it is obvious that he is our friend no
longer.
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Beware . . . lest the like befall . . .
If they transgress and slight that sole command.
--Milton.
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This my long-sufferance, and my day of grace,
Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]Slighting \Slight"ing\, a.
Characterized by neglect or disregard.
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Slightingly
(gcide) | Slightingly \Slight"ing*ly\, adv.
In a slighting manner.
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backlighting
(wn) | backlighting
n 1: lighting from behind |
highlighting
(wn) | highlighting
n 1: an area of lightness in a picture [syn: highlight,
highlighting] |
indirect lighting
(wn) | indirect lighting
n 1: a concealed lighting fixture |
lighting
(wn) | lighting
n 1: having abundant light or illumination; "they played as long
as it was light"; "as long as the lighting was good" [syn:
light, lighting] [ant: dark, darkness]
2: apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the
stage or a film
3: the craft of providing artificial light; "an interior
decorator must understand lighting"
4: the act of setting something on fire [syn: ignition,
firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation] |
lighting circuit
(wn) | lighting circuit
n 1: wiring that provides power to electric lights [syn: {light
circuit}, lighting circuit] |
lighting fixture
(wn) | lighting fixture
n 1: a fixture providing artificial light |
lighting industry
(wn) | lighting industry
n 1: an industry devoted to manufacturing and selling and
installing lighting |
lighting-up
(wn) | lighting-up
adj 1: turning lights on; "it's lighting-up time" |
sheet lighting
(wn) | sheet lighting
n 1: lightning that appears as a broad sheet; due to reflections
of more distant lightning and to diffusion by the clouds |
slighting
(wn) | slighting
adj 1: tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments";
"managed a deprecating smile at the compliment";
"deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting
remark" [syn: belittling, deprecating, deprecative,
deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory,
slighting] |
slightingly
(wn) | slightingly
adv 1: in a disparaging manner; "these mythological figures are
described disparagingly as belonging `only to a story'"
[syn: disparagingly, slightingly] |
strip lighting
(wn) | strip lighting
n 1: light consisting of long tubes (instead of bulbs) that
provide the illumination |
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