Alit vs Alt - What's the difference?
alit | alt |
(alight)
(with from) To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
(with on) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop.
To come or chance (upon).
To light; light up; illuminate.
To set light to; light.
Lit, on fire, switched on.
(figuratively) Lit; on fire, burning.
A state of excitement, conveyed by a high-pitched voice.
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* {{quote-book, title=The Marrying Maid, author=, page=50, in=Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love, year=2011, passage=
That lady was in alt at Loxsleigh's high station and had spent the morning making inquiries of her friends, which also allowed her to spread the word about her interesting new acquaintance. (knitting)
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(Internet, multi-user dungeon) One of a player's alternate or secondary characters.
* 1996 , "Jonobie D. Baker", Survey of MUSHers.'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.mud.tiny )
* 2000 , "KaVir", Code Bases - why release buggy crap?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.mud )
As a verb alit
is past tense of alight.As an abbreviation alt is
abbreviation of lang=en.As a noun alt is
one of a player's alternate or secondary characters.alit
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* ----alight
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) alighten, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) alighten, from (etyl) .Verb
- Passengers are alighting from the carriage
- A flying bird alights on a tree
- Snow alights on a roof .
Etymology 3
From (etyl) alighten, from (etyl) .Verb
Etymology 4
From (etyl) alight, from (etyl) *. See above.Alternative forms
*Adjective
(-)- The sticks were damp and wouldn't catch alight .
- Her face was alight with happiness.
Usage notes
Used only as a predicative.alt
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Abbreviation
(Abbreviation) (en-abbr)citation
Noun
(en noun)- Of these alts , how many of them are a gender other than your own?
- Yes, I have many alts , and no, none of the others have any unusual capitalisation.