inlight

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Definition of inlight in English English dictionary

To shine

Etymology

() From Middle English inlighten, from Old English inlīhtan, inlȳhtan, inlēohtan (“to enlighten, light up”), from Proto-Germanic *inliuhtijanan (“to enlighten, illuminate”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch inlichten (“to enlighten, inform”), Old High German inliuhten (“to enlighten, illuminate”), Gothic (inliuhtjan, “to enlgihten, illuminate”). Compare also Middle English anlīhten, from Old English onlȳhtan (id.). More at in-, light.