path

P'ATH, noun plural paths. [Gr. to tread.] 1. A way beaten or trodden by the feet of man or beast, or made hard by wheels; that part of a highway on which animals or carriages ordinarily pass; applied to the ground only, and never to a paved street in a city. 2. Any narrow way beaten by the foot. 3. The way, course or track where a body moves in the atmosphere or in space; as the path of a planet or comet; the path of a meteor. 4. A way or passage. 5. Course of life. He marketh all my paths. Job 33:11. 6. Precepts; rules prescribed. Uphold my going in thy paths. Psalms 17:4. 7. Course of providential dealings; moral government. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth to such as keep his covenant. Psalms 25:4. P'ATH, verb transitive To make a path by treading; to beat a path as in snow. To push forward; to cause to go; to make way for. P'ATH, verb intransitive To walk abroad.