soarv.

Brit.

/sɔː/, U.S.

/sɔr/

Forms: Middle English, 1600s sore, Middle English–1500s sowre, Middle English–1600s soore (1500s Scottish soir), 1500s–1600s soare, 1500s– soar.

Etymology: < French essorer (= Italian sorare) to fly up, to soar, representing a popular Latin *exaurare, < aura air.

I. intransitive.

a. Of birds: To fly or mount upwards; to ascend to a towering height; also loosely, to sail or skim at a great height. Occasionally with up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [verb (intransitive)] > fly

flusha1300

soarc1384

fly1480

flitter1483

flit1535

fleck1567

flirt1582

wagtail1606

waft1682

to take to wing1693

flaffer17..

to take (its, etc.) wing1807

skirl1859

c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame i. 499 Faste be the sonne, as hye As kenne myght I with myn ye, Me thought I sawgh an Egle sore.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vii. 25 When þai see þat fewle sore in þe aer.

1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hawking b ij Hit may happyn that she will sowre so hegh in to the Eyre, that ye shall Nether se hir nor fynde hir.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 725/1 I soore, as an hauke dothe.

1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Sabrine vi What birde can flye, and soare, if stormes doe rage.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xi. 229/2 He beareth Argent, an Eagle volant in bend, (soaring, or flying a loft).

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 64 Watchful Herons..mounting upward, with erected flight, Gain on the Skyes, and soar above the sight.

1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings (1790) I. xxv. 208 It is not till the wings have acquired strength and agility, that it..dares to soar undauntedly in the fields of air.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 84 A flight of Condors soaring in circles in a particular spot.

1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands viii. 217 Here and there eagles and hawks soared above their heads.

b. transferred. Of persons, etc. Chiefly poetic or rhetorical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > soar

soarc1374

sord14..

eagle1652

upsoar1726

spirea1849

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 670 I have no cause, I wote wele, to sore, As doth an hawk.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. I2^v For such outragious passions cloye my soule, As..often am I sowring vp to heauen.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iii. i. sig. E3^v O, in what orbe thy mightie spirit soares.

1739 C. Wesley in J. Wesley & C. Wesley Hymns & Sacred Poems ii. 210 Soar we now, where Christ has led.

1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. i. 77 How oft..We..Soar'd in the swing,..Thro' sister elms.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 265 It was said..that James had furnished the wings with which his brother had soared to a higher region.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost xii. 343 We believe ourselves to have wings, and to be soaring into heights of the spiritual life.

c. In various figurative and transferred uses.

ΚΠ

1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. D4 By that argument, you firmly proue Honor to sore aboue the pitch of loue.

1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xxiv. ccxii. 368 Oft she resolved..to wait Heav'n's leisure, till her Heart might thither sore.

a1735 Ld. Lansdowne Ess. Unnat. Flights 23 Rash hyperboles that soar so high.

1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. i. 50 It soars above the reach of human Reason.

1820 W. Scott Monastery II. i. 4 On the present occasion..the wrath of good Dame Elspeth soared higher than usual.

d. To fly away.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > fly (as) with wings > away

soar1581

abvolate1623

evolate1657

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 136 Ther is no man such a Niasse, but that continuall..repulses wil make him soare away.

e. To hover about a place. Also, of fish: To remain at the surface of the water.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > [verb (intransitive)] > remain at surface

soar?1592

the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > remain in vicinity of

soar?1592

?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. E1 My ship shall be..blowne with sighes So will I soare about the Turkish land.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 53 The Chubs..will presently rise up to the top again, and lie there soaring till some shadow affrights them again.

f. Aeronautics. Of an aircraft or its pilot: to fly without the aid of an engine, esp. for an extended period without significant loss of altitude.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > gliding and hang-gliding > glide or hang-glide [verb (intransitive)] > soar

soar1893

1893 O. Chanute in Amer. Engineer & Railroad Jrnl. Feb. 85/2 M. de Sanderval..is to be commended for having made an earnest if unsuccessful effort to learn how to soar in a wind like a bird.

1903 W. Wright in Jrnl. Western Soc. Engineers 8 402 On trial we found that the machine would soar on the side of a hill having a slope of about 7 degrees.

1903 W. Wright in Jrnl. Western Soc. Engineers 8 407 It would be easy to soar in front of any hill of suitable slope, whenever the wind blew with sufficient force to furnish support.

1911 A. E. Berriman Princ. Flight 21 Alternatively they [sc. gliders] may soar in a wind having an upward trend.

1931 V. W. Pagé Henley's ABC Gliding & Sailflying vii. 159 An expert in Germany recently soared for a distance of 42 miles.

1940 L. B. Barringer Flight without Power xii. 218 After being checked out in two-seaters, they are allowed to soar in single-seaters.

1976 D. Piggott Gliding (ed. 4) viii. 49 In general, it is not wise to attempt to soar by circling if you are below 500 feet.

2. figurative. To mount, ascend, or rise to a higher or more exalted level in some respect.The separate groups of quotations illustrate the main variations of usage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance, progress, or develop [verb (intransitive)]

climbc1400

ascendc1550

soar1597

progress1612

develop1744

advance1875

bull1928

(a)

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 109 How high a pitch his resolution soares .

1647 A. Cowley Vain Love in Mistress Desires, which whilst so high they soar, Are Proud as that I lov'd before.

1811 P. B. Shelley Love 14 Each energy of soul surviving More vivid, soars above.

1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Vict. II. iii. 41 I don't believe that young lady's soul ever soars above laces and ribbons.

1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. 181 His ambition did not soar high.

(b)1601 Bp. W. Barlow Serm. Paules Crosse Martij 1600 30 He soared in his highest pitch of fauour with her Maiestie.1622 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 147 They are nowe aloft and soare in pride.1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1687) 211 It will depress and thrust you down below others, while you seem to be..soaring to a pitch far above them.1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) i. 157 When men of infamy to grandeur soar.1758 T. Warton Idler 2 Dec. 273 From whence they soared to the most elevated heights, of Literary Fame.1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 232 The feeling of pique..at seeing Effie..soar suddenly so high above her in life.(c)1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 173 I should desire..To take an Eagles wing and soare farre higher, Then hitherto my weake Muse could attaine.1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1687) 146 As they think him an Orator who mounts and soars aloft (as they call it) in high-flowen words.1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 87 Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar.1785 W. Cowper Task v. 723 To be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.1816 P. B. Shelley Dæmon of World in Alastor 95 Then has thy rapt imagination soared Where..The temple of the mightiest Dæmon stands.1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 243 Poetry and eloquence catch the hint, and soar to a pitch unknown before.

a. Of inanimate objects: To ascend, rise up to a height. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)]

styc825

astyc950

ariseOE

upstyOE

to step upOE

upcomec1000

to come upOE

to go upOE

upwendc1200

runge?c1225

amountc1275

upgoa1325

heavec1325

uparise1340

ascend1382

higha1393

lifta1400

risea1400

skilla1400

uprisea1400

raisec1400

rearc1400

surmount1430

to get upc1450

transcenda1513

springa1525

upmounta1560

assurge?1567

hove1590

surgea1591

tower1618

hoist1647

upheave1649

to draw up1672

spire1680

insurrect1694

soar1697

upsoar1726

uprear1828

higher1889

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 450 The boyling Waters roar; And smoaky Flames thro' fuming Tunnels soar.

a1721 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) I. 12 The sigh which sent forth that..word, Up tow'rds the heavens like a bright meteor soar'd.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. iii. 62 Till man shall learn Vainly his incense soars, his victim bleeds.

b. Of a mountain, building, etc.: To rise majestically or imposingly to a great altitude. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > become high(er) [verb (intransitive)] > extend to a great or considerable height

mount1573

tower1582

aspire1591

spire1687

soar1812

uptower1848

steeple1892

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lx. 38 Oh, thou Parnassus! whom I now survey,..soaring snow-clad through thy native sky.

1858 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? i. iv At the rear of the palace soars up the old Abbey.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 154 Soaring over the city and the intervening valley, rose the height of Penhow.

c. Of an amount, price, etc.: to rise or increase rapidly. Hence, of a commodity: to increase rapidly in price.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (intransitive)] > rise (of prices) > suddenly or rapidly

starta1661

zoom1928

soar1929

rocket1931

to take off1935

to go through the roof1958

shoot1968

1929 T. Wolfe Look homeward, Angel xv. 196 She realized that in a very short time land values would soar beyond her present means.

1965 New Statesman 30 Apr. 672/3 The improvement..cannot be more than a stopgap whilst numbers continue to soar.

1978 I. B. Singer Shosha i. 12 The price of meat soared.

1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 1 a/4 Gold soared to another record of $380 at London's five major bullion firms.

II. transitive.

4. To exalt. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)]

heavec825

higheOE

brightenOE

clarifya1340

glorifya1340

enhancec1374

stellifyc1384

biga1400

exalt?a1400

raisea1400

shrinea1400

to bear up?a1425

enhighc1440

erect?a1475

assumec1503

amount1523

dignifya1530

to set up1535

extol1545

enthronize1547

augment1567

sublimate?1567

sublime1568

assumptc1571

begoda1576

royalize1589

suscitate1598

swell1601

consecrate1605

realize1611

reara1616

sphere1615

ingreata1620

superexalta1626

soara1627

ascend1628

rise1628

embroider1629

apotheose1632

grandize1640

engreaten1641

engrandizea1652

mount1651

intronificate1653

magnificent1656

superposit1661

grandify1665

heroify1677

apotheosize1695

enthrone1699

aggrandize1702

pantheonize1801

hoist1814

princify1847

queen1880

heroize1887

a1627 R. Barnfield Sonn. to T. T. iv, in Poems (1882) 45 So those rare Sonnets, where wits ripe doth lie,..doe soare thy fame to skie.

5. To perform or accomplish (a flight) by rising high. Frequently in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > pursue (a flight) > upwards

uptakea1325

upwinda1325

soar1659

1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence i. 21 Here he soareth so high a flight I cannot follow him.

1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) IV. 71 A person of weak intellects, in attempting to soar too high a flight, not seldom shares the fate of Icarus.

1806 H. Siddons Maid, Wife, & Widow I. Pref. p. xvii Here we behold the muse of satire soaring the flights of an eagle.

6. To attain or reach (a height) by upward flight; to fly up through (the air, etc.). Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > soar in or into

mounta1594

tower1604

soar1667

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 421 They summ'd thir Penns, and soaring th' air sublime With clang despis'd the ground.

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 35 Of lavish Love stupendous Heights to soar.

1765 J. Beattie Verses Charles Churchill 7 He soars Pindaric heights, and sails the waste of Heaven?

7. To cause to soar.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > soar in or into > cause to soar

soar1661

kite1865

society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (transitive)] > cause to ascend > without engine

soar1978

1661 J. Heath in J. W. Draper Cent. Broadside Elegies (1928) 93 A Cherubs wing hath soar'd him to this Hight.

1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 88 Partaking the strain of the heavenward pride That soars me away from the earth I deride.

1978 A. Welch Bk. of Airsports ii. 28/1 Soaring the glider all the way back to where you started from is both exciting and satisfying.

1982 Sci. Amer. July 60/1 With the engine off the craft can be soared like a hang glider.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	soar
释义	soarn. Brit. /sɔː/, U.S. /sɔr/ Forms: Also 1600s soare. Etymology: < soar v., perhaps partly after French essor. In Beaum. & Fletcher's Bonduca iv. iv. the second folio (1679) has ‘fearless of your bloody soars’; but the reading of the first folio (1647) is ‘fears’, evidently a misprint for ‘sears’, i.e. claws. 1. The altitude attained in soaring; range of flight upwards. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > [noun] > soaring > altitude attained in soaring soar1596 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. C1 Fly it a pitch aboue the soare of praise. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 270 Within soare Of Towring Eagles. View more context for this quotation 1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. i. 361 That eye so finely wrought Beyond the search of sense, the soar of thought. 1807 J. Grahame Poems 72 A splendid cloud appeared..; then hovering, floats, High as the soar of eagle. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 May 7/1 It requires the highest soar of fancy to imagine [etc.]. 2. The act of soaring or rising high. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] > specific type of tower1486 high flying1556 whirleryc1560 soaring1575 plane1622 soar1817 song flight1839 overflight1883 pursuit flight1930 pass1987 1817 S. T. Coleridge Satyrane's Lett. ii, in Biogr. Lit. (1882) 252 A liberated bird..who now after his first soar of freedom poises himself in the upper air. 1820 W. Scott Abbot I. xv. 315 It is ill whistling for a hawk when she is once on the soar. 1870 D. G. Rossetti House of Life in Poems iv Just when at that swallow's soar Your neck turned so. in extended use.1825 T. L. Beddoes Let. to B. W. Procter in Poems (1851) I. 166 Wings upraise thee long In the unvacillating soar of song.1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 306 There is none of the spring and soar which one may see even in the Lombard churches.1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. iv. 102 A little later we meet with that towering soar of verse which is also peculiar to the period. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). soarv. Brit. /sɔː/, U.S. /sɔr/ Forms: Middle English, 1600s sore, Middle English–1500s sowre, Middle English–1600s soore (1500s Scottish soir), 1500s–1600s soare, 1500s– soar. Etymology: < French essorer (= Italian sorare) to fly up, to soar, representing a popular Latin exaurare, < aura* air. I. intransitive. 1. a. Of birds: To fly or mount upwards; to ascend to a towering height; also loosely, to sail or skim at a great height. Occasionally with up. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [verb (intransitive)] > fly flusha1300 soarc1384 fly1480 flitter1483 flit1535 fleck1567 flirt1582 wagtail1606 waft1682 to take to wing1693 flaffer17.. to take (its, etc.) wing1807 skirl1859 c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame i. 499 Faste be the sonne, as hye As kenne myght I with myn ye, Me thought I sawgh an Egle sore. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vii. 25 When þai see þat fewle sore in þe aer. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hawking b ij Hit may happyn that she will sowre so hegh in to the Eyre, that ye shall Nether se hir nor fynde hir. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 725/1 I soore, as an hauke dothe. 1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Sabrine vi What birde can flye, and soare, if stormes doe rage. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xi. 229/2 He beareth Argent, an Eagle volant in bend, (soaring, or flying a loft). 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 64 Watchful Herons..mounting upward, with erected flight, Gain on the Skyes, and soar above the sight. View more context for this quotation 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings (1790) I. xxv. 208 It is not till the wings have acquired strength and agility, that it..dares to soar undauntedly in the fields of air. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 84 A flight of Condors soaring in circles in a particular spot. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands viii. 217 Here and there eagles and hawks soared above their heads. b. transferred. Of persons, etc. Chiefly poetic or rhetorical. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > soar soarc1374 sord14.. eagle1652 upsoar1726 spirea1849 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 670 I have no cause, I wote wele, to sore, As doth an hawk. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. I2^v For such outragious passions cloye my soule, As..often am I sowring vp to heauen. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iii. i. sig. E3^v O, in what orbe thy mightie spirit soares. 1739 C. Wesley in J. Wesley & C. Wesley Hymns & Sacred Poems ii. 210 Soar we now, where Christ has led. 1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. i. 77 How oft..We..Soar'd in the swing,..Thro' sister elms. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 265 It was said..that James had furnished the wings with which his brother had soared to a higher region. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost xii. 343 We believe ourselves to have wings, and to be soaring into heights of the spiritual life. c. In various figurative and transferred uses. ΚΠ 1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. D4 By that argument, you firmly proue Honor to sore aboue the pitch of loue. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xxiv. ccxii. 368 Oft she resolved..to wait Heav'n's leisure, till her Heart might thither sore. a1735 Ld. Lansdowne Ess. Unnat. Flights 23 Rash hyperboles that soar so high. 1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. i. 50 It soars above the reach of human Reason. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. i. 4 On the present occasion..the wrath of good Dame Elspeth soared higher than usual. d. To fly away. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > fly (as) with wings > away soar1581 abvolate1623 evolate1657 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 136 Ther is no man such a Niasse, but that continuall..repulses wil make him soare away. e. To hover about a place. Also, of fish: To remain at the surface of the water. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [verb (intransitive)] > remain at surface soar?1592 the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > remain in vicinity of soar?1592 ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. E1 My ship shall be..blowne with sighes So will I soare about the Turkish land. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 53 The Chubs..will presently rise up to the top again, and lie there soaring till some shadow affrights them again. f. Aeronautics. Of an aircraft or its pilot: to fly without the aid of an engine, esp. for an extended period without significant loss of altitude. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > gliding and hang-gliding > glide or hang-glide [verb (intransitive)] > soar soar1893 1893 O. Chanute in Amer. Engineer & Railroad Jrnl. Feb. 85/2 M. de Sanderval..is to be commended for having made an earnest if unsuccessful effort to learn how to soar in a wind like a bird. 1903 W. Wright in Jrnl. Western Soc. Engineers 8 402 On trial we found that the machine would soar on the side of a hill having a slope of about 7 degrees. 1903 W. Wright in Jrnl. Western Soc. Engineers 8 407 It would be easy to soar in front of any hill of suitable slope, whenever the wind blew with sufficient force to furnish support. 1911 A. E. Berriman Princ. Flight 21 Alternatively they [sc. gliders] may soar in a wind having an upward trend. 1931 V. W. Pagé Henley's ABC Gliding & Sailflying vii. 159 An expert in Germany recently soared for a distance of 42 miles. 1940 L. B. Barringer Flight without Power xii. 218 After being checked out in two-seaters, they are allowed to soar in single-seaters. 1976 D. Piggott Gliding (ed. 4) viii. 49 In general, it is not wise to attempt to soar by circling if you are below 500 feet. 2. figurative. To mount, ascend, or rise to a higher or more exalted level in some respect.The separate groups of quotations illustrate the main variations of usage. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance, progress, or develop [verb (intransitive)] climbc1400 ascendc1550 soar1597 progress1612 develop1744 advance1875 bull1928 (a) 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 109 How high a pitch his resolution soares . View more context for this quotation 1647 A. Cowley Vain Love in Mistress Desires, which whilst so high they soar, Are Proud as that I lov'd before. 1811 P. B. Shelley Love 14 Each energy of soul surviving More vivid, soars above. 1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Vict. II. iii. 41 I don't believe that young lady's soul ever soars above laces and ribbons. 1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. 181 His ambition did not soar high. (b)1601 Bp. W. Barlow Serm. Paules Crosse Martij 1600 30 He soared in his highest pitch of fauour with her Maiestie.1622 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 147 They are nowe aloft and soare in pride.1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1687) 211 It will depress and thrust you down below others, while you seem to be..soaring to a pitch far above them.1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) i. 157 When men of infamy to grandeur soar.1758 T. Warton Idler 2 Dec. 273 From whence they soared to the most elevated heights, of Literary Fame.1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 232 The feeling of pique..at seeing Effie..soar suddenly so high above her in life.(c)1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 173 I should desire..To take an Eagles wing and soare farre higher, Then hitherto my weake Muse could attaine.1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1687) 146 As they think him an Orator who mounts and soars aloft (as they call it) in high-flowen words.1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 87 Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar.1785 W. Cowper Task v. 723 To be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.1816 P. B. Shelley Dæmon of World in Alastor 95 Then has thy rapt imagination soared Where..The temple of the mightiest Dæmon stands.1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 243 Poetry and eloquence catch the hint, and soar to a pitch unknown before. 3. a. Of inanimate objects: To ascend, rise up to a height. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)] styc825 astyc950 ariseOE upstyOE to step upOE upcomec1000 to come upOE to go upOE upwendc1200 runge?c1225 amountc1275 upgoa1325 heavec1325 uparise1340 ascend1382 higha1393 lifta1400 risea1400 skilla1400 uprisea1400 raisec1400 rearc1400 surmount1430 to get upc1450 transcenda1513 springa1525 upmounta1560 assurge?1567 hove1590 surgea1591 tower1618 hoist1647 upheave1649 to draw up1672 spire1680 insurrect1694 soar1697 upsoar1726 uprear1828 higher1889 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 450 The boyling Waters roar; And smoaky Flames thro' fuming Tunnels soar. a1721 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) I. 12 The sigh which sent forth that..word, Up tow'rds the heavens like a bright meteor soar'd. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. iii. 62 Till man shall learn Vainly his incense soars, his victim bleeds. b. Of a mountain, building, etc.: To rise majestically or imposingly to a great altitude. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > become high(er) [verb (intransitive)] > extend to a great or considerable height mount1573 tower1582 aspire1591 spire1687 soar1812 uptower1848 steeple1892 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lx. 38 Oh, thou Parnassus! whom I now survey,..soaring snow-clad through thy native sky. 1858 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? i. iv At the rear of the palace soars up the old Abbey. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 154 Soaring over the city and the intervening valley, rose the height of Penhow. c. Of an amount, price, etc.: to rise or increase rapidly. Hence, of a commodity: to increase rapidly in price. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (intransitive)] > rise (of prices) > suddenly or rapidly starta1661 zoom1928 soar1929 rocket1931 to take off1935 to go through the roof1958 shoot1968 1929 T. Wolfe Look homeward, Angel xv. 196 She realized that in a very short time land values would soar beyond her present means. 1965 New Statesman 30 Apr. 672/3 The improvement..cannot be more than a stopgap whilst numbers continue to soar. 1978 I. B. Singer Shosha i. 12 The price of meat soared. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 1 a/4 Gold soared to another record of $380 at London's five major bullion firms. II. transitive. 4. To exalt. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)] heavec825 higheOE brightenOE clarifya1340 glorifya1340 enhancec1374 stellifyc1384 biga1400 exalt?a1400 raisea1400 shrinea1400 to bear up?a1425 enhighc1440 erect?a1475 assumec1503 amount1523 dignifya1530 to set up1535 extol1545 enthronize1547 augment1567 sublimate?1567 sublime1568 assumptc1571 begoda1576 royalize1589 suscitate1598 swell1601 consecrate1605 realize1611 reara1616 sphere1615 ingreata1620 superexalta1626 soara1627 ascend1628 rise1628 embroider1629 apotheose1632 grandize1640 engreaten1641 engrandizea1652 mount1651 intronificate1653 magnificent1656 superposit1661 grandify1665 heroify1677 apotheosize1695 enthrone1699 aggrandize1702 pantheonize1801 hoist1814 princify1847 queen1880 heroize1887 a1627 R. Barnfield Sonn. to T. T. iv, in Poems (1882) 45 So those rare Sonnets, where wits ripe doth lie,..doe soare thy fame to skie. 5. To perform or accomplish (a flight) by rising high. Frequently in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > pursue (a flight) > upwards uptakea1325 upwinda1325 soar1659 1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence i. 21 Here he soareth so high a flight I cannot follow him. 1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) IV. 71 A person of weak intellects, in attempting to soar too high a flight, not seldom shares the fate of Icarus. 1806 H. Siddons Maid, Wife, & Widow I. Pref. p. xvii Here we behold the muse of satire soaring the flights of an eagle. 6. To attain or reach (a height) by upward flight; to fly up through (the air, etc.). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > soar in or into mounta1594 tower1604 soar1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 421 They summ'd thir Penns, and soaring th' air sublime With clang despis'd the ground. View more context for this quotation 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 35 Of lavish Love stupendous Heights to soar. 1765 J. Beattie Verses Charles Churchill 7 He soars Pindaric heights, and sails the waste of Heaven? 7. To cause to soar. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > soar in or into > cause to soar soar1661 kite1865 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (transitive)] > cause to ascend > without engine soar1978 1661 J. Heath in J. W. Draper Cent. Broadside Elegies (1928) 93 A Cherubs wing hath soar'd him to this Hight. 1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 88 Partaking the strain of the heavenward pride That soars me away from the earth I deride. 1978 A. Welch Bk. of Airsports ii. 28/1 Soaring the glider all the way back to where you started from is both exciting and satisfying. 1982 Sci. Amer. July 60/1 With the engine off the craft can be soared like a hang glider. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1596v.c1374
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