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Step :: Step (a.) Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.

Shank :: Shank (v.) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.

Drib :: Drib (v. t.) To lead along step by step; to entice.

Curtail :: Curtail (n.) The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc..

Rise :: Rise (n.) The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step..

Flat :: Flat (superl.) Below the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals, minor, or lower by a half step; as, a flat seventh; A flat..

Protomartyr :: Protomartyr (n.) The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; -- applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr..

Initiatory :: Initiatory (a.) Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step..

Investigate :: Investigate (v. t.) To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena..

Graduate :: Graduate (n.) To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc..

Footstep :: Footstep (n.) The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom..

Stepstone :: Stepson (n.) A son of one's husband or wife by a former marriage.

Outstep :: Outstep (v. t.) To exceed in stepping.

Gradual :: Gradual (n.) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps..

Measured :: Measured (a.) Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms..

Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress..

Step :: Step (v. i.) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.

Footfall :: Footfall (n.) A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep.

Tread :: Tread (v. t.) To step or walk on.

Stephanotis :: Stephanotis (n.) A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes..

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