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wafted |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Waft \Waft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wafted}; p. pr & vb n. {Wafting}.] [Prob. originally imp. & p. p. of wave, v. t. See {Wave} to waver.] 1. To give notice to by waving something to wave the hand to to beckon. [Obs.] But soft: who wafts us yonder? --Shak. 2. To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as a balloon was wafted over the channel. A gentle wafting to immortal life. --Milton. Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole. --Pope. 3. To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. Note: This verb is regular; but waft was formerly som?times used as by Shakespeare, instead of wafted.
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