n.
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle French volter, from Old Italian voltare, from Vulgar Latin *volvitare to turn, leap, frequentative of Latin volvere
Date: 1538
intransitive verb
1 : to leap vigorously especially : to execute a leap using the hands or a pole
2 : to do or achieve something as if by a leap < vault ed to sudden prominence>
transitive verb : to leap over especially : to leap over by or as if by aid of the hands or a pole