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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.
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3. to walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
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home the swain retreats,
his flock before him stepping to the fold.
--thomson.
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4. fig.: to move mentally; to go in imagination.
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they are stepping almost three thousand years back
into the remotest antiquity. --pope.
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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.
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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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