Emily Dickinson Lexicon

soar (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [Fr. essorer, to fly up < L. aura, air.]

1. Rise; ascend; grow upward; [fig.] decorate; adorn; glorify; honor.
2. Fly; glide; sail upward.
3. Flee; escape; [fig.] forget.
4. Surge; flow; stream; continue; [fig.] sing; resound; reverberate; increase in volume.
5. Blow; gust; move; run; course.
6. Flit; dart.
7. Phrase. “soar away”: leave; depart; [fig.] die; pass away.