P`ATH, n. plu. paths. [Gr. to tread.] 1. A way beaten or trodden by the feet of man or beast, or made hard by wheels; that part of a highway on which animals or carriages ordinarily pass; applied to the ground only, and never to a paved street in a city.2. Any narrow way beaten by the foot.3. The way, course or track where a body moves in the atmosphere or in space; as the path of a planet or comet; the path of a meteor.4. A way or passage.5. Course of life. He marketh all my paths. Job.33.6. Precepts; rules prescribed. Uphold my going in thy paths. Ps.17.7. Course of providential dealings; moral government. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth to such as keep his covenant. Ps.25.P`ATH, v.t. To make a path by treading; to beat a path, as in snow. To push forward; to cause to go; to make way for.P`ATH, v.i. To walk abroad.
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