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Halt \Halt\ (h[add]lt),
3d pers. sing. pres. of {Hold}, contraction for holdeth.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Halt \Halt\ (h[add]lt), n. [Formerly alt, It. alto, G. halt, fr.
halten to hold. See {Hold}.]
A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of
progress.
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Without any halt they marched. --Clarendon.
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[Lovers] soon in passion's war contest,
Yet in their march soon make a halt. --Davenant.
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Halt \Halt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Halted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Halting}.]
1. To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease
progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come
to a stop; to stand still.
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2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to
hesitate; to be uncertain.
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How long halt ye between two opinions? --1 Kings
xviii. 21.
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Halt \Halt\ (h[add]lt), v. t. (Mil.)
To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted
his troops for refreshment.
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Halt \Halt\, a. [AS. healt; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel.
haltr, halltr, Goth. halts, OHG. halz.]
Halting or stopping in walking; lame.
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Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt,
and the blind. --Luke xiv.
21.
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Halt \Halt\, n.
The act of limping; lameness.
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Halt \Halt\, v. i. [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See {Halt}, a.]
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1. To walk lamely; to limp.
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2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.
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The blank verse shall halt for it. --Shak.
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