paces

paces
peɪs n. step, stride; tempo; rate; speed of progress v. take regular steps; regulate the speed of; walk back and forth (especially while absorbed in anxious thought); measure an area by counting the number of even strides that must be taken to cross it prep. with the permission of, with the indulgence of

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