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Pronunciation : Dade
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Of. uncertain origin. Cf. Dandle, Daddle.]
Definition : Defn: To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles. [Obs.] Little children when they learn to go By painful mothers daded to and fro. Drayton.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Dade
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move slowly. [Obs.] No sooner taught to dade, but from their mother trip. Drayton.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913