| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·loft |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -lôft , -l ft |
| ADVERB: | 1. In or into a high place; high or higher up. 2. Nautical At or toward the upper rigging. | | PREPOSITION: | On or above: birds perching aloft telephone wires. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old Norse  lopt : , in; see an- in Appendix I + lopt, air.
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