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  • 11To put to flight — Flight Flight (fl[imac]t), n. [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr. fle[ o]gan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fle[ o]n to flee, G. flucht a fleeing, Sw. flykt, G. flug a flying, Sw. flygt, D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. [root]84. See… …

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  • 12to take a flight9 — Flight Flight (fl[imac]t), n. [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr. fle[ o]gan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fle[ o]n to flee, G. flucht a fleeing, Sw. flykt, G. flug a flying, Sw. flygt, D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. [root]84. See… …

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  • 13To turn to flight — Flight Flight (fl[imac]t), n. [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr. fle[ o]gan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fle[ o]n to flee, G. flucht a fleeing, Sw. flykt, G. flug a flying, Sw. flygt, D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. [root]84. See… …

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  • 14volitational — See volitation. * * * …

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  • 15aeronautics — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See aviation. II (Roget s IV) pl.n. Syn. aviation, air transportation, flight, flying, theory of flight, pneumatics, aerodynamics, aeRomechanics, aerostatics, aerial navigation, airmanship, ballooning …

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  • 16Navigation — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Locomotion by water, or air. < N PARAG:Navigation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 navigation navigation Sgm: N 1 aquatics aquatics Sgm: N 1 boating boating yachting Sgm: N 1 ship ship &c. 273 Sgm: N 1 oar …

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  • 17flight — n. 1. Flying, soaring, mounting, volitation. 2. Fleeing, hasty departure, flying. 3. Flock (of birds). 4. Volley, shower …

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  • 18aeronautics — n aerial navigation, aviation, flying, flight, volitation; ballooning, aerostatics; gliding, Rare. aerodonetics …

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  • 19aviation — n 1. flight, powered flight, jet flight, subsonic or supersonic flight, flying, volitation; gliding, sailing, soaring, sailplaning, volplaning. 2. military aircraft, warplane, battleplane, combat plane …

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  • 20fly — I v 1. take wing, wing one s way, take off, take to the air, become airborne; soar, sail, zoom, cruise, coast, sweep, skim, Inf. kite; glide, plane, volplane, sailplane; dart, flit, flirt, hop, volitate. 2. float, hover, drift, hang, poise, float …

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