At execution time, places the value in the cell immediately following the LIT instruction onto the data stack.

: TEST ( -- ) 1 2 3 ;

Causes the following sequence to be compiled into TEST:

LIT 1 LIT 2 LIT 3

At run time, LIT pushes the value in front of it to the data stack.

LIT is compiled into definitions by the compiler when a number is encountered in a definition. Also see LITERAL.