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tread a measure (third-person singular simple present treads a measure, present participle treading a measure, simple past trod a measure, past participle trodden a measure)
- To take part in a dance; to dance.
- ✤ She remained with her comrades till dusk, and participated with a certain zest in the dancing; though, being heart-whole as yet, she enjoyed treading a measure purely for its own sake[.]1
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1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 27: ↩
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