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   Dance , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Danced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dancing.] [F. danser, fr. OHG. dansōn to draw; akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See Thin.]
   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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   Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance.
   Wither.
   
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   Good shepherd, what fair swain is this
   Which dances with your daughter?
   Shak.
   
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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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   Then, 'tis time to dance off.
   Thackeray.
   
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   More dances my rapt heart
   Than when I first my wedded mistress saw.
   Shak.
   
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   Shadows in the glassy waters dance.
   Byron.
   
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   Where rivulets dance their wayward round.
   Wordsworth.
   
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   To dance on a rope, or To dance on nothing, to be hanged.
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   Dance , v. t. To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle.
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   To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind.
   Shak.
   
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   Thy grandsire loved thee well;
   Many a time he danced thee on his knee.
   Shak.
   
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   To dance attendance, to come and go obsequiously; to be or remain in waiting, at the beck and call of another, with a view to please or gain favor.
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   A man of his place, and so near our favor,
   To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure.
   Shak.
   
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   Dance, n. [F. danse, of German origin. See Dance, v. i.]
   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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   (Mus.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillion, etc.
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   ☞ The word dance was used ironically, by the older writers, of many proceedings besides dancing.
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   Of remedies of love she knew parchance
   For of that art she couth the olde dance.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Dance of Death (Art), an allegorical representation of the power of death over all, -- the old, the young, the high, and the low, being led by a dancing skeleton. -- Morris dance. See Morris. -- To lead one a dance, to cause one to go through a series of movements or experiences as if guided by a partner in a dance not understood.
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