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Unlight

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

(transitive, rare) To extinguish, turn off, or dim the light from.

Definitions by Sense

  1. (transitive, rare) To extinguish, turn off, or dim the light from
  2. (literary or poetic) The absence of light; darkness.
  3. (intransitive, now dialectal) To alight; dismount
  4. (rare) Not light (“having little weight”).

Example Sentences

His father, in another room, unlights the lamp and leaves the world alone.
Remember Obi-Wan Kenobi in the first Star Wars film? At one point in the big duel, he unlights his light sabre and stands defenseless but confident before Darth Vader, saying sonorously, “If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.”
It would be so easy to trace Ian's death back to that match, the one he said he would not unlight if he could. The one that made him appear to be a monster and therefore unfit for romantic love, while also making him rich […]
Those of the Unlight is probably Marduk's most traditional black metal recording, and one of my personal favorites.
"The door will only open when you strike it under the unlight of a moon at full dark. And the moon is many days from full dark now." Corydon gasped.
The unlight of Ungoliant Tolkien, always mindful of his language and especially his metaphors for light, was careful not to call the cloak that Ungoliant wove to hide Melkor and herself during their attack [on] the Two Trees a darkness.
“They move and shake, from the unlight! The unlight which blackensss and ssscarsss!” “These men, are they a threat to us? To our plans for these lands?” “They are a threat to the way of thingsss! They count among them powerful magii and […]”
[…] solidarity to the beings of the unlight, but apart from that, they avoid them. They do this because they also respect the will of the dark beings to stay far away from the light. Light beings don't see the unlight as an enemy […]

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Antonyms for unlight

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does unlight mean?

Unlight means (transitive, rare) To extinguish, turn off, or dim the light from.

What is a synonym for unlight?

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What is the opposite of unlight?

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How do you use unlight in a sentence?

His father, in another room, unlights the lamp and leaves the world alone.

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