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lit [lɪt] vb
1. a past tense and past participle of light1 2. an alternative past tense and past participle of light2 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| In the midst of the prayer a fly had lit on the back of the pew in front of him and tortured his spirit by calmly rubbing its hands together, embracing its head with its arms, and polishing it so vigorously that it seemed to almost part company with the body, and the slender thread of a neck was exposed to view; scraping its wings with its hind legs and smoothing them to its body as if they had been coat-tails; going through its whole toilet as tranquilly as if it knew it was perfectly safe. The farmers were bound to throw in something, to sort of offset my liberality, whether I would or no; so I let them give me a flint and steel; and as soon as they had comfortably bestowed Sandy and me on our horse, I lit my pipe. Its owner lit it again, and said: "Boast no more, but henceforth be content to give thy light in silence. |
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