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  • adjective superlative form of light: most light.
  • verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of light.

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Examples

  • It does not in the least follow that the darkest spot should be the purest; still less so that the lightest should be the purest.

    The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859

  • By contempora ry observations of between five and six weeks, the averaged and almost unvaried difference of the height of mercury in the barometer, at those two places, was .784 of an inch, the atmosphere at Monticello being so much the lightest, that is to say, about one-thirty-seventh of its whole weight.

    Notes on the State of Virginia 1853

  • Lucy's every word, sweet or bitter, and recalled her lightest action -- _Meminerunt omnia amantes_ -- and every now and then he looked sadly into Eve's keen little face for his doom.

    Love Me Little, Love Me Long Charles Reade 1849

  • After the Big Bang, just a handful of elements were brought into existence, namely the lightest and simplest atoms like hydrogen and helium.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • By cotemporary observations of between five and six weeks, the averaged and almost unvaried difference of the height of mercury in the barometer, at those two places, was .784 of an inch, the atmosphere at Monticello being so much the lightest, that is to say, about one-thirtyseventh of its whole weight.

    Notes on the State of Virginia. 1826

  • By cotemporary observations of between five and six weeks, the averaged and almost unvaried difference of the height of mercury in the barometer, at those two places, was .784 of an inch, the atmosphere at Monticello being so much the lightest, that is to say, about 1/37 of its whole weight.

    Notes on the State of Virginia 1781

  • The lightest was the Rockies 'Esmil Rogers, who made one appearance and then his 150-pound frame was caught in a gust of wind.' '

    Boston.com Most Popular 2010

  • The sneaker is described as the lightest out of the many designed for Lebron and will see even more colorways come later this year.

    Sneaker Files 2009

  • Even the "lightest" of the four is only 50% milk chocolate, meaning they all have an intense chocolatey hit.

    Buy of the day Kate Carter 2010

  • In fact, it has "lightest" and "most efficient" to keep it company, and we can't wait to see it in action.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2010

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