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Parade
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) That which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen.
(2):
(v. t.) To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.
(3):
(v. t.) A public walk; a promenade.
(4):
(v. t.) Posture of defense; guard.
(5):
(v. i.) To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place.
(6):
(v. i.) To assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review.
(7):
(v. t.) An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled.
(8):
(v. t.) The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.
(9):
(v. t.) Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.
(10):
(v. t.) To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Parade'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/parade.html. 1828.
