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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
waft \waft\, v. t. imp.  p. p. wafted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   wafting. prob. originally imp.  p. p. of wave, v. t. see
   wave to waver.
   1. to give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand
      to; to beckon. obs.
      1913 webster

            but soft: who wafts us yonder?        --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse
      of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant
      medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel.
      1913 webster

            a gentle wafting to immortal life.    --milton.
      1913 webster

            speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul,
            and waft a sigh from indus to the pole. --pope.
      1913 webster

   3. to cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy. obs.
      --sir t. browne.
      1913 webster

   note: this verb is regular; but waft was formerly som?times
         used, as by shakespeare, instead of wafted.
         1913 webster
see also:
wafted wafting wave 

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