v. [UP- 4.] intr. To soar upwards. Also Upsoaring pres. pple.

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1582.  Stanyhurst, Æneis, I. (Arb.), 29. Thow shalt shortlye see townwals, And citty vpsoaring … to skytoppe.

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1725.  Pope, Odyss., XV. 565. On the right up-soar’d in air The hawk.

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1743.  Francis, trans. Hor., Odes, III. iii. 11. Thus to the flamy Towers above, The vagrant Hero … Upsoar’d.

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1855.  Browning, Saul, II. x. As when … upsoareth the cherubim chariot.

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1865.  Trench, Poems, 480. How like a swan … The voice upsoars of thy triumphant song.

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