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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trip  \Trip\,  n.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tripped};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Tripping}.]  [OE.  trippen;  akin  to  D.  trippen,  Dan.  trippe, 
  and  E.  tramp.  See  {Tramp}.] 
  1.  To  move  with  light,  quick  steps;  to  walk  or  move  lightly; 
  to  skip;  to  move  the  feet  nimbly;  --  sometimes  followed  by 
  it  See  {It},  5. 
 
  This  horse  anon  began  to  trip  and  dance.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Come  and  trip  it  as  you  go  On  the  light  fantastic 
  toe.  --Milton. 
 
  She  bounded  by  and  tripped  so  light  They  had  not 
  time  to  take  a  steady  sight.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  make  a  brief  journey  or  pleasure  excursion;  as  to  trip 
  to  Europe. 
 
  3.  To  take  a  quick  step,  as  when  in  danger  of  losing  one's 
  balance;  hence  to  make  a  false;  to  catch  the  foot;  to 
  lose  footing;  to  stumble. 
 
  4.  Fig.:  To  be  guilty  of  a  misstep;  to  commit  an  offense 
  against  morality,  propriety,  or  rule  to  err;  to  mistake; 
  to  fail  ``Till  his  tongue  trip.''  --Locke. 
 
  A  blind  will  thereupon  comes  to  be  led  by  a  blind 
  understanding;  there  is  no  remedy,  but  it  must  trip 
  and  stumble.  --South. 
 
  Virgil  is  so  exact  in  every  word  that  none  can  be 
  changed  but  for  a  worse;  he  pretends  sometimes  to 
  trip,  but  it  is  to  make  you  think  him  in  danger  when 
  most  secure.  --Dryden. 
 
  What?  dost  thou  verily  trip  upon  a  word?  --R. 
  Browning.




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