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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Swoop
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(1):
(n.) To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.
(2):
(v. i.) To pass with pomp; to sweep.
(3):
(v. i.) To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.
(4):
(n.) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
(5):
(n.) A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.