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Webster 1913 Edition
Wade
Wade
,Noun.
Woad.
[Obs.]
Mortimer.
Wade
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Waded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wading
.] 1.
To go; to move forward.
[Obs.]
When might is joined unto cruelty,
Alas, too deep will the venom
Alas, too deep will the venom
wade
. Chaucer.
Forbear, and
wade
no further in this speech. Old Play.
2.
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 . . .
With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way,
And swims, or sinks, or
With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way,
And swims, or sinks, or
wades
, or creeps, or flies. Milton.
3.
Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed [GREEK]lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly [GREEK]inder or embarrass;
as, to
. wade
through a dull bookAnd
wades
through fumes, and gropes his way. Dryden.
The king’s admirable conduct has
waded
through all these difficulties. Davenant.
Wade
,Verb.
T.
To pass or cross by wading;
as, he
. waded
[GREEK]he rivers and swampsWade
,Noun.
The act of wading.
[Colloq.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Wade
WADE
, v.i.1.
To walk through any substance that yields to the feet; as, to wade through water; to wade through sand or snow;. To wade over a river, is to walk through on the bottom. Fowls that wade have long legs.2.
To move or pass with difficulty or labor; as, judges wade through an intriccate law case. it is not my purpose to wade through these controversies.The kings admirable conduct has waded through all these difficulties.
And wades through fumes and gropes his way.