Path

Path, v. i. To walk or go. [R.] Shak.

Path (pȧth), n.; pl. Paths (pȧthz). [As. pæð, pað; akin to D. pad, G. pfad, of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. pa`tos, Skr. patha, path. √21.] 1. A trodden way; a footway.

The dewy paths of meadows we will tread.
Dryden.

2. A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action.

All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth.
Ps. xxv. 10.

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Gray.

Path (pȧth), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pathed (pȧthd); pr.p. & vb. n. Pathing.] To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one). [R.] "Pathing young Henry's unadvised ways." Drayton.