prance

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PR'ANCE, verb intransitive prans. 1. To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle. Now rule thy prancing steed. 2. To ride with bounding movements; to ride ostentatiously. Th' insulting tyrant prancing o'er the field. 3. To walk or strut about in a showy manner or with warlike parade.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

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