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March, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Marched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Marching.] [F. marcher, in OF. also, to tread, prob.
fr. L. marcus hammer. Cf. Mortar.] 1.
To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave,
deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily.
Shak.

2. To proceed by walking in a body or in
military order; as, the German army marched into
France.

March, v. t. To cause to move with
regular steps in the manner of a soldier; to cause to move in
military array, or in a body, as troops; to cause to advance in a
steady, regular, or stately manner; to cause to go by peremptory
command, or by force.

March them again in fair array.

March, n. [F. marche.]
1. The act of marching; a movement of soldiers
from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of
troops.

These troops came to the army harassed with a long and
wearisome march.


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