upsoarv.
intransitive. To soar upwards.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)]
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ariseOE
upstyOE
to step upOE
upcomec1000
to come upOE
to go upOE
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to get upc1450
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assurge?1567
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to draw up1672
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insurrect1694
soar1697
upsoar1726
uprear1828
higher1889
the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > soar
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1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xv. 565 On the right up-soar'd in air The hawk.
1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. iii. iii. 11 Thus to the flamy Towers above, The vagrant Hero..Upsoar'd.
1855 R. Browning Saul ii. x As when..upsoareth the cherubim chariot.
1865 R. C. Trench Poems 480 How like a swan..The voice upsoars of thy triumphant song.
Derivatives
upˈsoaring adj.
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1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 11 Thow shalt shortlye see townwals, And citty vpsoaring..to skytoppe.
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