adj
Meaning 1
Not light (“having little weight”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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unlight
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noun
Meaning 2
The absence of light; darkness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, poetic
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verb
Meaning 3
To extinguish, turn off, or dim the light from
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Usage: rare, transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To alight; dismount
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English unlight, unlyght, unliȝt (“not light (in weight)”), equivalent to un- + light.
From un- + light or, in the case of the verb, perhaps from Middle English *unlighten (suggested by past participle unlight, unlyght, unliȝt (“unlit”)), equivalent to un- + light.
From Middle English unlighten (“to lighten the burden of; alleviate; dismount from horseback”), equivalent to un- + light (“to alight”).