Alit

And when he had drunk, not too much but just enough for the perfect poise of exaltation, his brain alit with unsung song and the devil in him aroused and rampant, his soul found its supreme utterance in the bearding of Diable. ❋ Unknown (1902)

What is likened to an eagle that is "alit" on a crag? ❋ Charles Herbert Sylvester (N/A)

The night was still young as I alit on the far side of the high wall surrounding my manor. ❋ Lucy Weston (2011)

As I alit on the far bank, stumbling just a little, I told myself that she had enough of Henry in her to make the right choice. ❋ Lucy Weston (2011)

Which means I've been doing these livebloggy thingies for nearly three years (it took a few weeks before we alit on the idea of me doing this fast-typing thing on Sunday mornings). ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Ai received a confirming nod and she raised her head up, her eyes alit at the idea. ❋ H-M Brown (2011)

A few stops later, Abby alit at Copley to switch trains. ❋ Mark Meier (2011)

As she was peeling the newest, greenest moss from the rock, a raven alit in a bare-limbed ash behind her and proceeded to report her every movement with shrieking calls. ❋ Diane Lee Wilson (2010)

As if the gesture alone were a voiced command, the ravens came flapping into the cave with powerful whooshing strokes and alit, one upon each arm. ❋ Diane Lee Wilson (2010)

And just as she thought it, the familiar pair flapped into sight, circled above her, and then alit on a shrub, bending the bough perilously close to the ground with their combined weight. ❋ Diane Lee Wilson (2010)

Stepping back, she thrust out both arms and a raven immediately alit on each one. ❋ Diane Lee Wilson (2010)

Wherever the fiery brands alit, they spread the flames uncontrollably. ❋ Barrett Tillman (2010)

I hadn't tried to hide it or fob off an excuse in time, and now he had alit in the seat in front of me. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In one sentence near the end of his speech he alit upon a formulation on which one could have balanced the entire war between the wets and the drys. ❋ DANIEL OKRENT (2010)

But Cannon soon alit upon a single instrument that would make use of the huge dry majorities in Congress, demonstrate the wrathful intent of the dry vanguard, whip the federal judicial system into line, and not cost any meaningful money. ❋ DANIEL OKRENT (2010)

Theresa alit on the other side, and all three girls grasped the branch, with Alice at the center. ❋ Kate Brian (2010)

"the match was alit [my dude]" "the [execution] was alit fam, ain't [never heard] that many screams in my life" ❋ Wordniggabeans (2019)

[This girl] is so [alits afits] ❋ Karnaf (2020)

I was [alitating] the word bake today when I said "[Cory's] wife demonstrated a high degree of bakeality when she made her [pumpkin bread]: ❋ Notalinguist (2022)