Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Path"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Path \Path\ (p[.a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pathed}
(p[.a][th]d); pr.p. & vb. n. {Pathing}.]
To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one). [R.]
``Pathing young Henry's unadvised ways.'' --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Path \Path\, v. i.
To walk or go. [R.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Path \Path\ (p[.a]th), n.; pl. {Paths} (p[.a][th]z). [As.
p[ae][eth], pa[eth]; 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
path
n 1: a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our
separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart";
"genius usually follows a revolutionary path" [syn: {way},
{way of life}]
2: a way especially designed for a particular use
3: an established line of travel or access [syn: {route}, {itinerary}]
4: a line or route along which something travels or moves: "the
hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an
animal"; "the course of the river" [syn: {track}, {course}]
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