pace

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pace[2,verb] self-paced snail-paced thorough-paced

Main Entry: ²pace
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): paced; pac·ing
intransitive verb
1 a : to walk with often slow or measured tread b : to move along : PROCEED
2 : to go at a pace -- used especially of a horse
transitive verb
1 a : to measure by pacing -- often used with off <paced off a 10-yard penalty> b : to cover at a walk <could hear him pacing the floor>
2 : to cover (a course) by pacing -- used of a horse
3 a : to set or regulate the pace of <taught them how to pace their solos for...impact -- Richard Goldstein>; also : to establish a moderate or steady pace for (oneself) b (1) : to go before : PRECEDE (2) : to set an example for : LEAD c : to keep pace with