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noun

path n. (pl. paths)

A trodden way; a footway. "The dewy paths of meadows we will tread."

A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action. "All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth." "The paths of glory lead but to the grave."

verb

Path v. t. (past & past part. pathed; pres. part. pathing) To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one). (R.) "Pathing young Henry's unadvised ways."

Path v. i. To walk or go. (R.)

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Etymology of 'Path'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Path" Quotes from Famous Books

... matter? But, Mr. Octave, I see your father coming. Let us begin by him, since he is the first to cross our path. Vanish both of you; (to OCTAVE) and you, please, tell Silvestre to come quickly, and take ...

— The Impostures of Scapin • Moliere (Poquelin)

... thy Church, dear Saviour, A lamp of burnished gold, To bear before the nations Thy true light, as of old. Oh, teach thy wandering pilgrims By this their path to trace, Till, clouds and darkness ended, They see thee face ...

— The World's Best Poetry Volume IV. • Bliss Carman

... the car stopped at a little gate leading into a pine wood, and they descended, bade the driver good night, and went through it. In the path through the dark wood Eglantine lost her air of competent and excited leadership. She was timorous, held Pollyooly tightly by the arm, and when a bird, or an animal, rustled in the ...

— Happy Pollyooly - The Rich Little Poor Girl • Edgar Jepson

... the road, and Susan told the boy who carried his master's harp that he could not now lose his way. She then said good-by to the harper, adding that she and her brothers must take the short path across the fields, which would not be so pleasant for him because of ...

— Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) - Classic Tales And Old-Fashioned Stories • Various

... me, and her gestures as she paced restlessly along the little strip of moonlit path. The speech before she takes the potion was the least satisfactory of all; the ghastliness and horror of it are beyond her resources as yet; she could not infuse them with that terrible beauty which Desforets ...

— Miss Bretherton • Mrs. Humphry Ward

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