Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Flying or capable of flying.
- adjective Moving about rapidly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Flying; having the power of flight; volant: as, the bat is a volitant quadruped.
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- adjective
flying ; capable offlight .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Confestim hinc inde sagittae volitant, bipennes librant, gladios vibrant, alterutro certant, et veluti carnifices boves in macello, sic inconsternate ad invicem se trucidant.
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We are golden averages, volitant stabilities, compensated or periodic errors, houses founded on the sea.
Representative Men 2006
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We are golden averages, volitant stabilities, compensated or periodic errors, houses founded on the sea.
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We are golden averages, volitant stabilities, compensated or periodic errors, houses founded on the sea.
Representative Men Ralph Waldo Emerson 1842
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Confestim hinc inde sagittae volitant, bipennes librant, gladios vibrant, alterutro certant, et veluti carnifices boves in macello, sic inconsternate ad invicem se trucidant.
The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801
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Nam pulU non volitant, nifi raro et volatu hunuli, nec volatu galUnae dele6fcari nec recreari folent ScaUger prodigen - dum infotem — vt voktare pojfint legi volebat Equidem ex Crefcentio lego: prodigendi mfolem et in fierquUinium, vbi volutari poffinJt.
Scriptorvm rei rvsticae vetervm latinorvm tomvs primvs-[qvartvs].. 1794
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