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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Pace \Pace\ (p[=a]s), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Paced} (p[=a]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Pacing} (p[=a]"s[i^]ng).]

1. To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps. ''I paced on slowly.'' --Pope. ''With speed so pace.'' --Shak.

2. To proceed; to pass on. [Obs.]

Or [ere] that I further in this tale pace. --Chaucer.

3. To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.

4. To pass away; to die. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

pacing \pacing\ n. the speed at which a composition is to be played.

Syn: tempo. [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

pacing

noun

1: (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played [syn: {tempo}]

2: walking with slow regular strides

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