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a⋅loft
[uh-lawft, uh-loft] 
–adverb
| 1. | high up; far above the ground. |
| 2. | Nautical.
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| 3. | in or into the air. |
–preposition
| 4. | on or at the top of: flags flying aloft the castle. |
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| a·loft (ə-lôft', ə-lŏft') adv.
[Middle English, from Old Norse ā lopt : ā, in; see an- in Indo-European roots + lopt, air.] |
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Aloft
A*loft"\ (?; 115), adv. [Pref. a- + loft, which properly meant air. See Loft.]1. On high; in the air; high above the ground. "He steers his flight aloft." --Milton. 2. (Naut.) In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.Aloft
A*loft"\, prep. Above; on top of. [Obs.] Fresh waters run aloft the sea. --Holland.
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Language Translation for : aloft
Spanish:
en lo alto,
German:
(nach) oben,
Japanese:
高く上に
aloft
c.1200, from O.N. a lopti "up above," lit. "up in the air," from a "in, on" + lopt "sky, loft" (cf. Goth. luftus, O.H.G. luft, O.E. lyft "air").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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