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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PACE, n. [L., to open, Gr., to tread. See Pass.]
1. A step.
2. The space between the two feet in walking, estimated at two feet and a half. But the geometrical pace is five feet, or the whole space passed over by the same foot from one step to another. Sixty thousand such paces make one degree on the equator.
3. Manner of walking; a gait; as a languishing pace; a heavy pace; a quick or slow pace.
4. Step; gradation in business. [Little used.]
5. A mode of stepping among horses, in which the legs on the same side are lifted together. In a general sense, the word may be applied to any other mode of stepping.
6. Degree of celerity. Let him mend his pace.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day--
To keep or hold pace, to keep up; to go or move as fast as something else.
PACE, v.i.
1. To go; to walk; to move.
2. To go, move or walk slowly.
3. To move by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse.
PACE, v.t.
1. To measure by steps; as, to pace a piece of ground.
2. To regulate in motion.
If you ca, pace your wisdom in that good path that I would wish it go--

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the rate of moving (especially walking or running) [syn: pace, gait]
2: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, pace, step, stride]
3: the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" [syn: pace, rate]
4: a step in walking or running [syn: pace, stride, tread]
5: the rate of some repeating event [syn: tempo, pace]
6: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride [syn: yard, pace] v
1: walk with slow or fast paces; "He paced up and down the hall"
2: go at a pace; "The horse paced"
3: measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards" [syn: pace, step]
4: regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your efforts"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English pas, from Anglo-French, stride, step, from Latin passus, from pandere to spread — more at fathom Date: 14th century 1. a. rate of movement; especially an established rate of locomotion b. rate of progress; specifically parallel rate of growth or development <supplies kept pace with demand> c. an example to be emulated; specifically first place in a competition <three strokes off the pace — Time> d. (1) rate of performance or delivery ; tempo <a steady pace> <on pace to set a record>; especially speed <serves with great pace> <a pace bowler in cricket> (2) rhythmic animation ; fluency <writes with color, with zest, and with pace — Amy Loveman> 2. a manner of walking ; tread 3. a. step 2a(1) b. any of various units of distance based on the length of a human step 4. a. plural an exhibition or test of skills or capacities <the trainer put the tiger through its paces> b. gait; especially a fast 2-beat gait (as of the horse) in which the legs move in lateral pairs and support the animal alternately on the right and left legs II. verb (paced; pacing) Date: 1513 intransitive verb 1. a. to walk with often slow or measured tread b. to move along ; proceed 2. to go at a pace — used especially of a horse transitive verb 1. a. to measure by pacing — often used with off <paced off a 10-yard penalty> b. to cover at a walk <could hear him pacing the floor> 2. to cover (a course) by pacing — used of a horse 3. a. to set or regulate the pace of <taught them how to pace their solos for…impact — Richard Goldstein>; also to establish a moderate or steady pace for (oneself) b. (1) to go before ; precede (2) to set an example for ; lead c. to keep pace with III. preposition Etymology: Latin, ablative of pac-, pax peace, permission — more at pact Date: 1863 contrary to the opinion of — usually used as an expression of deference to someone's contrary opinion; usually italic <easiness is a virtue in grammar, pace old-fashioned grammarians — Philip Howard>

U.S. Military Dictionary

(*) For ground forces, the speed of a column or element regulated to maintain a prescribed average speed.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a single step in walking or running. b the distance covered in this (about 75 cm or 30 in.). c the distance between two successive stationary positions of the same foot in walking. 2 speed in walking or running. 3 Theatr. & Mus. speed or tempo in theatrical or musical performance (played with great pace). 4 a rate of progression. 5 a a manner of walking or running; a gait. b any of various gaits, esp. of a trained horse etc. (rode at an ambling pace). --v. 1 intr. a walk (esp. repeatedly or methodically) with a slow or regular pace (pacing up and down). b (of a horse) = AMBLE. 2 tr. traverse by pacing. 3 tr. set the pace for (a rider, runner, etc.). 4 tr. (foll. by out) measure (a distance) by pacing. Phrases and idioms: keep pace (often foll. by with) advance at an equal rate (as). pace bowler Cricket a bowler who delivers the ball at high speed without spin. pace-setter 1 a leader. 2 = PACEMAKER 1. put a person through his (or her) paces test a person's qualities in action etc. set the pace determine the speed, esp. by leading. stand (or stay) the pace be able to keep up with others. Derivatives: -paced adj. pacer n. Etymology: ME f. OF pas f. L passus f. pandere pass- stretch 2. prep. (in stating a contrary opinion) with due deference to (the person named). Etymology: L, ablat. of pax peace

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pace Pace, v. t. 1. To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round. ``Pacing light the velvet plain.'' --T. Warton. 2. To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground. 3. To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in. If you can, pace your wisdom In that good path that I would wish it go. --Shak To pace the web (Weaving), to wind up the cloth on the beam, periodically, as it is woven, in a loom.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pace Pace, n. [OE. pas, F. pas, from L. passus a step, pace, orig., a stretching out of the feet in walking; cf. pandere, passum, to spread, stretch; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf. Pas, Pass.] 1. A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step. 2. The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces. ``The heigh of sixty pace .'' --Chaucer. Note: Ordinarily the pace is estimated at two and one half linear feet; but in measuring distances be stepping, the pace is extended to three feet (one yard) or to three and three tenths feet (one fifth of a rod). The regulation marching pace in the English and United States armies is thirty inches for quick time, and thirty-six inches for double time. The Roman pace (passus) was from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when it next touched the ground, five Roman feet. 3. Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace. --Chaucer. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day. --Shak. In the military schools of riding a variety of paces are taught. --Walsh. 4. A slow gait; a footpace. [Obs.] --Chucer. 5. Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack. 6. Any single movement, step, or procedure. [R.] The first pace necessary for his majesty to make is to fall into confidence with Spain. --Sir W. Temple. 7. (Arch.) A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall. 8. (Weaving) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web. Geometrical pace, the space from heel to heel between the spot where one foot is set down and that where the same foot is again set down, loosely estimated at five feet, or by some at four feet and two fifths. See Roman pace in the Note under def. 2. [Obs.] To keep, or hold, pace with, to keep up with; to go as fast as. ``In intellect and attainments he kept pace with his age.'' --Southey.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pace Pace, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paced; p. pr. & vb. n. Pacing.] 1. To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps. ``I paced on slowly.'' --Pope. ``With speed so pace.'' --Shak. 2. To proceed; to pass on. [Obs.] Or [ere] that I further in this tale pace. --Chaucer. 3. To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack. 4. To pass away; to die. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(paces, pacing, paced) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The pace of something is the speed at which it happens or is done. Many people were not satisfied with the pace of change. ...people who prefer to live at a slower pace... Interest rates would come down as the recovery gathered pace. = speed N-SING: usu with supp 2. Your pace is the speed at which you walk. He moved at a brisk pace down the rue St Antoine... N-SING: usu with supp 3. A pace is the distance that you move when you take one step. He'd only gone a few paces before he stopped again... N-COUNT: usu with supp 4. If you pace a small area, you keep walking up and down it, because you are anxious or impatient. As they waited, Kravis paced the room nervously... He found John pacing around the flat, unable to sleep... She stared as he paced and yelled. VERB: V n, V prep/adv, V 5. If you pace yourself when doing something, you do it at a steady rate. It was a tough race and I had to pace myself. VERB: V pron-refl 6. If something keeps pace with something else that is changing, it changes quickly in response to it. Farmers are angry because the rise fails to keep pace with inflation. = keep up PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR with n 7. If you keep pace with someone who is walking or running, you succeed in going as fast as them, so that you remain close to them. With four laps to go, he kept pace with the leaders... = keep up PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR with n 8. If you do something at your own pace, you do it at a speed that is comfortable for you. The computer will give students the opportunity to learn at their own pace... PHRASE: PHR after v 9. If you put someone through their paces or make them go through their paces, you get them to show you how well they can do something. The British coach is putting the boxers through their paces... PHRASE: V inflects 10. at a snail's pace: see snail

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

pas (tsa`adh): A step in 2Sa 6:13, hence, about one yard.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Step. 2. Gait, walk, manner of walking. 3. Amble (of a horse), pacing. 4. Rate, degree of progress. 5. Dais. II. v. n. 1. Walk (with measured steps), step, move, go. 2. Hasten, hurry, make haste. 3. Go at a pace, go at an ambling gait.

Moby Thesaurus

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