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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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To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion;
to caper; to frisk; to skip about. |
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To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up
and down; to dandle. |
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The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who
dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are
regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music. |
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A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the
waltz, the cotillon, etc. |
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