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fleet \fleet\ (fl[=e]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {fleeted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {fleeting}.] [OE. fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS.
fle['o]tan to swim, float; akin to D. vlieten to flow, OS.
fliotan, OHG. fliozzan, G. fliessen, Icel. flj[=o]ta to
float, flow, Sw. flyta, D. flyde, L. pluere to rain, Gr.
plei^n to sail, swim, float, Skr. plu to swim, sail.
[root]84. Cf. {Fleet}, n. & a., {Float}, {Pluvial}, {Flow}.]
1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]
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And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet.
--Spenser.
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2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit
as a light substance.
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All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . .
Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. --Milton.
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3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan
or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
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4. (Naut.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons;
as, the crew fleeted aft.
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Fleeting \Fleet"ing\, a.
Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as,
the fleeting hours or moments.

Syn: Evanescent; ephemeral. See {Transient}.
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