Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To fly high with little effort, like a bird. · To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents. · To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft. · To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
The act of soaring. · An upward flight.
From Middle English soren, from Old French essorer (“to fly up, soar”), from Vulgar Latin *exaurare (“to rise into the air”), from Latin ex (“out”) + aura (“the air, a breeze”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breath”). Compare aura, and exhale.
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