light
/laɪt/ verb (past tense and past participle lit, lighted)Definition
BURN [I, T] › to start to burn, or to make something start to burn: to light a candle/cigarette/fire The wood was damp and wouldn't light.
BRIGHT [T] › to produce light somewhere so that you can see things: [often passive] The room was lit by a single light bulb. Burning buildings lit up the sky.
(Definition of light verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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