upsoar

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ soar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌpˈsɔː(ɹ)/

Verb

upsoar (third-person singular simple present upsoars, present participle upsoaring, simple past and past participle upsoared)

1. (literary, archaic) To soar upward.
   • 1725–1726, Homer, “Book 15”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

     on the right up-soar'd in air / The hawk, Apollo's swift-wing'd messenger

References

• “upsoar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• -parous, parous, raupos