Lexicon: light – lily

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light (-ed, lit), v. [OE líhtan.]

  1. To illuminate; to fill or spread over with light.
  2. To give light to; to show the way to; to enable to see.
  3. To kindle; inflame; set fire to.
  4. To enlighten; make plain, clear.

lightning (-'s), n. [see light, v.]

The visible charge of electricity between one group of clouds and another or between clouds and the ground. Also, in particularized sense, a flash of lightning.

like (-er, -est), adj. [OE ˋelíc.]

like, prep. [ME; see like, v.]

like (-ed, -s, liking), v. [OE lícian < Gmc. *līko, body.]

likeness, n. [OE; see like, adj.]

Reflection; mirror; semblance; similitude; object that looks like.

lilac, adj. [see lilac, n.]

A pale violet color like that of the flower; [fig.] that composed of lilacs.

lilac (-s), n. [Fr. lilac.]

A plant or shrub having fragrant purple or white flowers; the flowers of such plant.

lily, adj. [see lily, n.]

Phrase. “Lily tubes”: six segments of the flower.

lily (lilies), n. [L. līlium.]

A plant with long stem and large showy flowers, which can have a varied range of colors. (Word play? Shakespeare's Lily beds?).