To walk after the Spirit
(gcide) | Walk \Walk\ (w[add]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Walked; p. pr. &
vb. n. Walking.] [OE. walken, probably from AS. wealcan to
roll, turn, revolve, akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work
a hat, G. walken to full, OHG. walchan to beat, to full,
Icel. v[=a]lka to roll, to stamp, Sw. valka to full, to roll,
Dan. valke to full; cf. Skr. valg to spring; but cf. also AS.
weallian to roam, ramble, G. wallen. [root]130.]
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1. To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a
moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to
proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running,
or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the
ground.
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At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace
of the kingdom of Babylon. --Dan. iv. 29.
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When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked
on the water, to go to Jesus. --Matt. xiv.
29.
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Note: In the walk of quadrupeds, there are always two, and
for a brief space there are three, feet on the ground
at once, but never four.
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2. To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to
take one's exercise; to ramble.
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3. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; --
said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a
sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go
about as a somnambulist or a specter.
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I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the
dead
May walk again. --Shak.
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When was it she last walked? --Shak.
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4. To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag. [Obs.] "Her
tongue did walk in foul reproach." --Spenser.
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Do you think I'd walk in any plot? --B. Jonson.
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I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the
cloth. --Latimer.
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5. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's
self.
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We walk perversely with God, and he will walk
crookedly toward us. --Jer. Taylor.
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6. To move off; to depart. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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He will make their cows and garrans to walk.
--Spenser.
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To walk in, to go in; to enter, as into a house.
To walk after the flesh (Script.), to indulge sensual
appetites, and to live in sin. --Rom. viii. 1.
To walk after the Spirit (Script.), to be guided by the
counsels and influences of the Spirit, and by the word of
God. --Rom. viii. 1.
To walk by faith (Script.), to live in the firm belief of
the gospel and its promises, and to rely on Christ for
salvation. --2 Cor. v. 7.
To walk in darkness (Script.), to live in ignorance, error,
and sin. --1 John i. 6.
To walk in the flesh (Script.), to live this natural life,
which is subject to infirmities and calamities. --2 Cor.
x. 3.
To walk in the light (Script.), to live in the practice of
religion, and to enjoy its consolations. --1 John i. 7.
To walk over, in racing, to go over a course at a walk; --
said of a horse when there is no other entry; hence,
colloquially, to gain an easy victory in any contest.
To walk through the fire (Script.), to be exercised with
severe afflictions. --Isa. xliii. 2.
To walk with God (Script.), to live in obedience to his
commands, and have communion with him.
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