unlight

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Verb ==== unlight (third-person singular simple present unlights, present participle unlighting, simple past and past participle unlighted or unlit) (transitive, rare) To extinguish, turn off, or dim the light from ==== Noun ==== unlight (plural unlights) (literary or poetic) The absence of light; darkness. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English unlighten (“to lighten the burden of; alleviate; dismount from horseback”), equivalent to un- +‎ light (“to alight”). ==== Verb ==== unlight (third-person singular simple present unlights, present participle unlighting, simple past and past participle unlighted) (intransitive, now dialectal) To alight; dismount === Etymology 3 === From Middle English unlight, unlyght, unliȝt (“not light (in weight)”), equivalent to un- +‎ light. ==== Adjective ==== unlight (rare) Not light (“having little weight”).