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soared |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Soar \Soar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Soared}; p. pr & vb n. {Soaring}.] [F. s'essorer to soar, essorer to dry (by exposing to the air), fr L. ex out + aura the air, a breeze; akin to Gr ?????.] 1. To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings. --Chaucer. When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled. --Byron. 2. Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood. Where the deep transported mind may soar. --Milton. Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune. --Addison.
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