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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)
- 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)
- (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.
- (transitive) To illuminate from below.
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