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lit
To start (a fire).
"We lit the fire to get some heat."
Similar: set
To set fire to; to set burning.
"She lit her last match."
Similar: conflagrate, ignite, kindle
To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
"I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night."
Similar: illuminate, light up
To find by chance.
"I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's."
To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
To alight; to land or come down.
"She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet."
To run or light (alight).
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