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Definition of "volitant" []

  • Flying or capable of flying. (adjective)
  • Moving about rapidly. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "volitant" in a sentence
  • "Confestim hinc inde sagittae volitant, bipennes librant, gladios vibrant, alterutro certant, et veluti carnifices boves in macello, sic inconsternate ad invicem se trucidant."
  • "We are golden averages, volitant stabilities, compensated or periodic errors, houses founded on the sea."
  • "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."
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