uplight

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

uplight (plural uplights)

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

Verb[edit]

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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