To make light; to illuminate or brighten.
To lighten; to reduce in weight or heaviness.
To alight, to dismount or get down from.
To alight; to land, to descend and rest.
To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.
Of a star or other celestial body: to vary rapidly in brightness; to twinkle.
Especially of a phosphor: to emit a flash of light upon absorbing ionizing radiation.