PATHING

Etymology

Noun

pathing (uncountable)

allocation or planning of a path

Verb

pathing

present participle of path

Source: Wiktionary


PATH

Path, n.; pl. Paths. Etym: [As. pad, G. pfad, of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. patha, path. sq. root21.]

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.

Path, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pathed; pr.p. & vb. n. Pathing.]

Definition: To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one). [R.] "Pathing young Henry's unadvised ways." Drayton.

Path, v. i.

Definition: To walk or go. [R.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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