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LIGHTNING, n. that is, lightening, the participle present of lighten.

1. A sudden discharge of electricity from a cloud to the earth, or from the earth to a cloud, or from one cloud to another, that is, from a body positively charged to one negatively charged, producing a vivid flash of light, and usually a loud report, called thunder. Sometimes lightning is a mere instantaneous flash of light without thunder, as heat-lightning, lightning seen by reflection, the flash being beyond the limits of our horizon.
2. from lighten, to diminish weight. Abatement alleviation mitigation.
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Entry for 'Lightning'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​l/lightning.html.
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