Sōar1, v. i.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. SOARED; p. pr. & vb. n. SOARING.] [Fr. essorer, to soar, essor, a flight; It. sorare, from Lat. ex and aura, the air.]
Sense 1. To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings. “When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled.” Byron.
Sense 2. To rise to any height, as an orator in eloquence, or a hero in ambition. “Where the deep transported mind may soar.” Milton.
Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune. Addison.