uplight

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English

Etymology

From up- +‎ light. Compare Saterland Frisian apljuchte (to illuminate), West Frisian opljochtsje (to illuminate), Dutch oplichten (to illuminate), German Low German upluchten, uplüchten (to illuminate), German aufleuchten (to illuminate).

Noun

uplight (plural uplights)

  1. A recessed light fixture that directs the light in an upward direction.
    Synonym: uplighter

Verb

uplight (third-person singular simple present uplights, present participle uplighting, simple past and past participle uplighted or uplit)

  1. (transitive) To light up, illuminate.
    • 1858, The Knickerbocker, volume 51, page 80:
      Save in the withered woods alone, where flashing bolts from Heaven
      Uplit the scene, and poured the fire, amid the branches riven.
  2. (transitive) To illuminate from below.

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