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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pace oneself en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To behave in a slow and careful way in order not to overexert oneself.
    • Is this it, I remember thinking, as I dripped sweat and rainwater the last few yards to the manse. Is this when the body parts start to rebel and refuse to function? So I'd learned to pace myself. 2006, James Robertson, The Testament of Gideon Mack, page 201:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
paced oneself Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
paced oneself Tense=Past lexicographic
pacing oneself Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
paces oneself Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic