avolate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āvolō (“to fly away”).

Verb

avolate (third-person singular simple present avolates, present participle avolating, simple past and past participle avolated)

1. (obsolete) To escape; to dissipate into the air.
2. (obsolete, of time) To fly by; to pass quickly.

Derived terms

• avolation

References

• “avolate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

āvolāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of āvolō