v. rare. [a. Gr. ἀεροβατέ-ειν, f. ἀερο- air + βατέ-ειν to tread.] To walk (as if) on the air.

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1835.  Aristophanes’ Clouds, in Blackw. Mag., XXXVIII. 520. Str. Pray who’s that in the basket hung up in the air?… Do tell me, I pray, what you’re doing up there. Soc. Aerobating—sun-musing, pacing air.

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