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Hover \Hov"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hovered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hovering}.] [OE. hoveren, and hoven, prob. orig., to abide,
linger, and fr. AS. hof house; cf. OFries. hovia to receive
into one's house. See {Hovel}.]
1. To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain
in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to
be suspended in the air above something.
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Great flights of birds are hovering about the
bridge, and settling on it. --Addison.
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A hovering mist came swimming o'er his sight.
--Dryden.
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2. To hang about; to move to and fro near a place,
threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely.
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Agricola having sent his navy to hover on the coast.
--Milton.
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Hovering o'er the paper with her quill. --Shak.
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