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ranging |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Range \Range\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ranged}; p. pr & vb n. {Ranging}.] [OE. rengen OF rengier F. ranger, OF renc row, rank, F. rang; of German origin. See {Rane}, n.] 1. To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order to rank; as to range soldiers in line Maccabeus ranged his army by hands. --2 Macc. xii. 20. 2. To place (as a single individual) among others in a line row, or order as in the ranks of an army; -- usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause to join a party, etc It would be absurd in me to range myself on the side of the Duke of Bedford and the corresponding society. --Burke. 3. To separate into parts to sift. [Obs.] --Holland. 4. To dispose in a classified or in systematic order to arrange regularly; as to range plants and animals in genera and species. 5. To rove over or through as to range the fields. Teach him to range the ditch, and force the brake. --Gay. 6. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near as to range the coast. Note: Compare the last two senses (5 and 6) with the French ranger une c[^o]te. 7. (Biol.) To be native to or to live in to frequent. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ranging adj : wandering freely: "at night in bed...his slowly ranging thoughts...encountered her"
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