English Dictionary: Paths | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Path \Path\ (p[adot]th), n.; pl. {Paths} (p[adot][th]z). [As. p[ae][edh], pa[edh]; akin to D. pad, G. pfad, of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. pa`tos, Skr. patha, path. [root]21.] 1. A trodden way; a footway. The dewy paths of meadows we will tread. --Dryden. 2. 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. --Ps. xxv. 10. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. --Gray. |