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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Dance \Dance\ (d[.a]ns), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Danced; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Dancing.] [F. danser, fr. OHG. dans[=o]n to draw;
     akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the
     same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See Thin.]
     1. To move with measured steps, or to a musical
        accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company
        with others, with a regulated succession of movements,
        (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap
        rhythmically.
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              Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. --Wither.
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              Good shepherd, what fair swain is this
              Which dances with your daughter?      --Shak.
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     2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion;
        to caper; to frisk; to skip about.
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              Then, 'tis time to dance off.         --Thackeray.
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              More dances my rapt heart
              Than when I first my wedded mistress saw. --Shak.
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              Shadows in the glassy waters dance.   --Byron.
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              Where rivulets dance their wayward round.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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     To dance on a rope, or To dance on nothing, to be hanged.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Dance \Dance\ (d[.a]ns), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Danced; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Dancing.] [F. danser, fr. OHG. dans[=o]n to draw;
     akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the
     same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See Thin.]
     1. To move with measured steps, or to a musical
        accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company
        with others, with a regulated succession of movements,
        (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap
        rhythmically.
  
              Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. --Wither.
  
              Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances
              with your daughter?                   --Shak.
  
     2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion;
        to caper; to frisk; to skip about.
  
              Then, 'tis time to dance off.         --Thackeray.
  
              More dances my rapt heart Than when I first my
              wedded mistress saw.                  --Shak.
  
              Shadows in the glassy waters dance.   --Byron.
  
              Where rivulets dance their wayward round.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
  
     To dance on a rope, or To dance on nothing, to be hanged.

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