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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
step \step\, v. i. imp.  p. p. stepped; p. pr.  vb. n.
   stepping. as. staeppan; akin to ofries. steppa, d.
   stappen to step, stap a step, ohg. stepfen to step, g. stapfe
   a footstep, ohg. stapfo, g. stufe a step to step on; cf. gr.
   ? to shake about, handle roughly, stamp ?. cf. stamp, n.
    a.
   1. to move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by
      raising and moving one of the feet to another resting
      place, or by moving both feet in succession.
      1913 webster

   2. to walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance;
      as, to step to one of the neighbors.
      1913 webster

   3. to walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
      1913 webster

            home the swain retreats,
            his flock before him stepping to the fold.
                                                  --thomson.
      1913 webster

   4. fig.: to move mentally; to go in imagination.
      1913 webster

            they are stepping almost three thousand years back
            into the remotest antiquity.          --pope.
      1913 webster

   to step aside, to walk a little distance from the rest; to
      retire from company.

   to step forth, to move or come forth.

   to step in or to step into.
      a to walk or advance into a place or state, or to
          advance suddenly in.
          1913 webster

                whosoever then first, after the troubling of the
                water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever
                disease he had.                   --john v. 4.
          1913 webster
      b to enter for a short time; as, i just stepped into the
          house.
      c to obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon
          easily or suddenly; as, to step into an estate.

   to step out.
      a mil. to increase the length, but not the rapidity,
          of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches.
      b to go out for a short distance or a short time.

   to step short mil., to diminish the length or rapidity of
      the step according to the established rules.
      1913 webster
see also:
stepped stepping stamp to step aside to step forth to step in 
to step into to step out to step short 

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