To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate.
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A cover; a shelter; a protection.
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A cover; a shelter; a protection.
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Elevated; raised aloft.
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To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.
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The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.
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One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…
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Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.
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Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.
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To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise;…
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The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…
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To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
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A cover; a shelter; a protection.
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