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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

... well in mind, it seemed best for me to let the pictures suffice for Tangier, and to choose for the text one road and one city. For if the truth be told there is little more than a single path to all the goals that the undisguised European ...

— Morocco • S.L. Bensusan

... us up the bank which sloped down toward the creek. It occurred to me they must be following some well-worn path, from the silence of their approach—the only sound being a faint rustling of dead leaves. Rale moved forward to meet them across the little open space, and a moment later, from my hiding place among the motionless horses, I became ...

— The Devil's Own - A Romance of the Black Hawk War • Randall Parrish

... is very desolate, on Virtue's path to stand, And see the good folks flocking by, ...

— The Englishman and Other Poems • Ella Wheeler Wilcox

... which they told each other what they were going to do. A twig bent down, a few stones strung along a path, or any other of a hundred small signs, served to tell every patriot when and where to meet his friends. A man riding about, breaking a twig here and there, or making some other sign of the kind, could call together a large force at a chosen spot within a few hours. ...

— Strange Stories from History for Young People • George Cary Eggleston

... not follow the beaten path; I do not hunt for any path; I will go where there is no path, ...

— Through Five Republics on Horseback • G. Whitfield Ray

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