Hypertext Webster Gateway: "danced"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dance \Dance\ (d[.a]ns), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Danced}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Dancing}.] [F. danser, fr. OHG. dans[=o]n to draw;
akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the
same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See {Thin}.]
1. 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.

Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. --Wither.

Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances
with your daughter? --Shak.

2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion;
to caper; to frisk; to skip about.

Then, 'tis time to dance off. --Thackeray.

More dances my rapt heart Than when I first my
wedded mistress saw. --Shak.

Shadows in the glassy waters dance. --Byron.

Where rivulets dance their wayward round.
--Wordsworth.

{To dance on a rope}, or {To dance on nothing}, to be hanged.

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