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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

The act of soaring; upward flight. This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. Coleridge.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

See 3d Sore. [Obs.]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

See Sore, reddish brown. Soar falcon. (Zoöl.) See Sore falcon, under Sore.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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