Obs. or dial. In 3 bilihten, 5 by lyght. [f. BE- + LIGHT.] Hence Belighted ppl. a.

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  1.  trans. To light up, illuminate.

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c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 31. Godes brihtnesse bilihte hem.

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1575.  Laneham, Lett. (1871), 48. Euery room so … well belighted.

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1863.  Barnes, Rhymes Dorset Dial., II. 43. Moon-belighted boughs.

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  2.  intr. ? To shine up, to dawn.

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c. 1440.  Morte Arth. (Roxb.), 55. We shalle hym haue withouten wene To morow or any day by lyght.

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