[f. prec. sb.: OF. had chareter in same senses.]
1. trans. To carry or convey in a chariot: also fig. Hence Charioted ppl. a.
a. 1659. R. Loveday, Lett. (1663), 48. How suddenly our thoughts are charriotted, (without the penetration of a Medium) to the furthest parts of the world.
1671. Milton, Samson, 27. As in a fiery column charioting His god-like presence.
1791. Cowper, Odyss., XVII. 596. Bright-charioted Aurora.
1819. Shelley, Ode West Wind. O thou Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed The winged seeds.
1864. Tennyson, Boädicea, 3. Standing loftily charioted.
2. intr. or absol. To drive or ride in a chariot.
1627. Feltham, Resolves, I. xlviii. Wks. (1677), 76. With what a cheerly face the Golden Sun Chariots thorow the rounding Sky?
1821. Keats, Lamia, 217. Charioting foremost in the envious race.
1845–6. Trench, Huls. Lect., vi. (ed. 3), 246. The charioteer charioting, and not dragged in the dust and mire at the heels of his horses.
