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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

soar / sôr/ • v. [intr.] fly or rise high in the air: the bird spread its wings and soared into the air | fig. when she heard his voice, her spirits soared. ∎ maintain height in the air without flapping wings or using engine power: the gulls soared on the summery winds. ∎ increase rapidly above the usual level: the cost of living continued to soar | [as adj.] (soaring) the soaring crime rate. DERIVATIVES: soar·er n. soar·ing·ly adv. ORIGIN: late Middle English: shortening of Old French essorer, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ + aura ‘breeze.’

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soar

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

soar XIV. Aphetic — (O)F. essorer (used refl.) :- Rom. *exaurāre, f. L. EX-1 + aura air in motion.

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Soar

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Soar (river) Warwicks.–Leics.–Notts., see Barrow upon Soar.

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SOAR

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

SOAR Abbr. for Southern Astrophysical Research telescope.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

soar •abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, squaw, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your

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	A review of the Twenty-Second SOAR Workshop. Magazine article from: AI Magazine; 9/22/2002
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