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soar

[sawr, sohr]
–verb (used without object)
1. to fly upward, as a bird.
2. to fly at a great height, without visible movements of the pinions, as a bird.
3. to glide along at a height, as an airplane.
4. to rise or ascend to a height, as a mountain.
5. to rise or aspire to a higher or more exalted level: His hopes soared.
–noun
6. an act or instance of soaring.
7. the height attained in soaring.

Origin:
1325–75; ME soren < MF essorer < VL *exaurāre, equiv. to L ex- ex- 1 + aur(a) air + -āre inf. suffix


soarer, noun
soar⋅ing⋅ly, adverb


1. See fly 1 . 4. tower; mount.
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soar   (sôr, sōr)   
intr.v.   soared, soar·ing, soars
  1. To rise, fly, or glide high and with little apparent effort.

  2. To climb swiftly or powerfully.

  3. To glide in an aircraft while maintaining altitude.

  4. To ascend suddenly above the normal or usual level: Our spirits soared. See Synonyms at rise.

n.  
  1. The act of soaring.

  2. The altitude or scope attained in soaring.


[Middle English soren, from Old French essorer, from Vulgar Latin *exaurāre : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin aura, air (from Greek, breeze; see aura).]
soar'er n., soar'ing·ly adv.
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