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WADE, v.i.
WADE, v.t.To pass by walking on the bottom; as, to wade a river. [this is a common expression, but elliptical for to wade through a river.]
Woad.
[Obs.]
Mortimer. To go; to move forward.
[Obs.]
When might is joined unto cruelty, Forbear, and wade no further in this speech. Old Play. To walk in a substance that yields to the feet;
to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.
So eagerly the fiend . . . Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to
proceed (?)lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly (?)inder or
embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.
And wades through fumes, and gropes his way. Dryden. The king's admirable conduct has waded through all these difficulties. Davenant. To pass or cross by wading;
as, he waded (?)he rivers and swamps.
The act of wading.
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