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[Fr. pavane; Sp. pavan a.] Mus.: A dance tune of a stately character, deriving its title from Padua, where it is said to have IMG:content-0767.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To stay or wait. Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, iii. 2. " Pause a day or two Before you hazard." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice , iii. 2. 3. To take time for consideration or reflection; to reflect, to deliberate. "Other offenders we will pause upon." Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . I., v. 5. 4. To hesitate, to hold back, to delay. "Why doth the Jew pause ? Take thy forfeiture." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice , iv. 1. 5. To be intermitted; to cease; to leave off. "The pealing organ and the pausing choir." Tickell: Death of Mr. Add is on . because it was danced with "such circumstance of dignity and stateline ." pāve, v . t . [O. Fr. pauer ; Fr. paver , from Latin pavo , a corrupt form of pavio to beat, to strike, to tread the earth hard and even; Gr. paiō -to beat, to strike.] To beat or lay down firmly or evenly, with stone, brick, or other material, for traffic by pa engers or vehicles; to make a hard, level surface upon with stone, bricks, . "To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways, Earth from her womb a flinty tribute pays." Gay: Trivia, i. To pave a way : To prepare a way or pa age; to facilitate the introduction or progre of. "It might open and pave a prepared way to his own title." Bacon: Henry VII .