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HALT, v.i.

1. To stop in walking; to hold. In military affairs, the true sense is retained, to stop in a march. The army halted at noon.

2. To limp; that is, to stop with lameness.

3. To hesitate; to stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do.

How long halt ye between two opinions? 1 Kings 18.

4. To fail; to falter; as a halting sonnet.

HALT, v.t. To stop; to cause to cease marching; a military term. The general halted his troops for refreshment.

HALT, a. Lame; that is, holding or stopping in walking.

Bring hither the poor, the maimed,the halt, and the blind. Luke 14.

HALT, n. A stopping; a stop in marching.

The troops made a halt at the bridge.

1. The act of limping.


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HALT, v.i.

1. To stop in walking; to hold. In military affairs, the true sense is retained, to stop in a march. The army halted at noon.

2. To limp; that is, to stop with lameness.

3. To hesitate; to stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do.

How long halt ye between two opinions? 1 Kings 18.

4. To fail; to falter; as a halting sonnet.

HALT, v.t. To stop; to cause to cease marching; a military term. The general halted his troops for refreshment.

HALT, a. Lame; that is, holding or stopping in walking.

Bring hither the poor, the maimed,the halt, and the blind. Luke 14.

HALT, n. A stopping; a stop in marching.

The troops made a halt at the bridge.

1. The act of limping.

HALT, a. [Sax. healt.]

Lame; that is, holding or stopping in walking. Bring hither the poor, the maimed, the halt, and the blind. Luke xiv.


HALT, n.

  1. A stopping; a stop in marching. The troops made a halt at the bridge.
  2. The act of limping.

HALT, v.i. [Sax. healt, halt, lame; healtian, to limp; G. halt, a hold, stop, halt; halten, to hold; Sw. halt, halta; Dan. halt, halter; from the root of hold.]

  1. To stop in walking; to hold. In military affairs, the true sense is retained, to stop in a march. The army halted at noon.
  2. To limp; that is, to stop with lameness.
  3. To hesitate; to stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do. How long halt ye between two opinions? 1 Kings xviii.
  4. To fail; to falter; as, a halting sonnet. Shak.

HALT, v.t.

To stop; to cause to cease marching; a military term. The general halted his troops for refreshment. Washington.


Halt
  1. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

    [Obs.] Chaucer.
  2. A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.

    Without any halt they marched. Clarendon.

    [Lovers] soon in passion's war contest,
    Yet in their march soon make a halt.     Davenant.

  3. 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.
  4. To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.
  5. Halting or stopping in walking] lame.

    Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Luke xiv. 21.

  6. The act of limping; lameness.
  7. To walk lamely; to limp.
  8. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.

    How long halt ye between two opinions? 1 Kings xviii. 21.

  9. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.

    The blank verse shall halt for it. Shak.

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Halt

HALT, verb intransitive

1. To stop in walking; to hold. In military affairs, the true sense is retained, to stop in a march. The army halted at noon.

2. To limp; that is, to stop with lameness.

3. To hesitate; to stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do.

How long halt ye between two opinions? 1 Kings 18:21.

4. To fail; to falter; as a halting sonnet.

HALT, verb transitive To stop; to cause to cease marching; a military term. The general halted his troops for refreshment.

HALT, adjective Lame; that is, holding or stopping in walking.

Bring hither the poor, the maimed, the halt and the blind. Luke 14:21.

HALT, noun A stopping; a stop in marching.

The troops made a halt at the bridge.

1. The act of limping.

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