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Meanings of alighted to in English

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Usage of alighted to in English
1
It had been disabled, and the aviator had alighted to make repairs.
The Boy Allies at Liège; Or, Through Lines of Steel
2
At last the geese alighted to feed and ease their wings a bit.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
3
Here there was a long pause, and all alighted to stretch their limbs.
With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader
4
I alighted to wait 30 minutes for the correct one.
The Irish Times
5
At last the road became so steep that J---and I alighted to walk.
Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1.
6
He alighted to plow through the dirt until the momentum of force had been expended.
The Desert of Wheat
7
One of the gentlemen alighted to open the gate.
History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
8
Something had gone wrong with it, and the agent had alighted to make an adjustment.
Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat; Or, Under the Ocean for Sunken...
9
He had alighted to stretch his limbs, and examine into the condition of his horse.
Sevenoaks: A Story of Today
10
The dragon-fly alighted to rest on his broad-brimmed hat.
Old Mission Stories of California
11
She alighted to have a look at it.
The Poor Little Rich Girl
12
Here the Americans alighted to see seemingly endless streams of French "camions" go by.
Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops / Or, Dick Prescott at G...
13
At the stations where they alighted to stretch cramped limbs she stayed beside him all the time.
Captivity
14
Here she alighted to open the gate.
Evenings at Donaldson Manor; Or, The Christmas Guest
15
We alighted to refresh ourselves at the stream, then stood there for half an hour watching the dog.
The Purple Land / Being the Narrative of One Richard Lamb's Adve...
16
At the distance of some eight or ten paces the procession halted; when the kings alighted to the ground.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
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