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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: To light a fire (0.02393 detik)
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English → English (gcide) Definition: To light a fire Light \Light\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lighted (l[imac]t"[e^]d) or Lit (l[i^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Lighting.] [AS. l[=y]htan, l[=i]htan, to shine. [root]122. See Light, n.] 1. To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to ignite; to kindle; as, to light a candle or lamp; to light the gas; -- sometimes with up. [1913 Webster] If a thousand candles be all lighted from one. --Hakewill. [1913 Webster] And the largest lamp is lit. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Absence might cure it, or a second mistress Light up another flame, and put out this. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to spread over with light; -- often with up. [1913 Webster] Ah, hopeless, lasting flames! like those that burn To light the dead. --Pope. [1913 Webster] One hundred years ago, to have lit this theater as brilliantly as it is now lighted would have cost, I suppose, fifty pounds. --F. Harrison. [1913 Webster] The sun has set, and Vesper, to supply His absent beams, has lighted up the sky. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light. [1913 Webster] His bishops lead him forth, and light him on. --Landor. [1913 Webster] To light a fire, to kindle the material of a fire. [1913 Webster]

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