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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pace  \Pace\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Paced};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Pacing}.] 
  1.  To  go  to  walk;  specifically,  to  move  with  regular  or 
  measured  steps.  ``I  paced  on  slowly.''  --Pope.  ``With 
  speed  so  pace.''  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  proceed;  to  pass  on  [Obs.] 
 
  Or  [ere]  that  I  further  in  this  tale  pace. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  3.  To  move  quickly  by  lifting  the  legs  on  the  same  side 
  together,  as  a  horse;  to  amble  with  rapidity;  to  rack. 
 
  4.  To  pass  away  to  die.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pacing 
  n  1:  the  speed  at  which  a  composition  is  to  be  played  [syn:  {tempo}] 
  2:  walking  with  slow  regular  strides 




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