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n. [O. Fr. March, Mars, Pr. Mars, Martz, Sp. & It. Marzo, Pg. Março, Lat. Martius mensis, from Martius, belonging to Mars, the god of war.] The third month of the year.
☞ The phrase as mad as a March hare, is an old English saying derived from the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when they are excitable and violent. Wright.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. MARCHED (märcht); p. pr. & vb. n. MARCHING.] [Fr. marcher, whence Sp. & Pg. marchar, It. marciare; from O. Fr. marche, border, boundary, hence, originally, to go to the boundary in order to defend it. Cf. O. Fr. aller de marche en marche, to go from boundary to boundary, to travel. See MARCH, n.]
Sense 1. To move by steps and in order, as soldiers; to move in a military manner.
Sense 2. To walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily.
Like thee, great son of Jove, like thee, When clad in rising majesty, Thou marchest down o'er Delos' hills. Prior.
To cause to move in military array; to push forward, as troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner.
n. [Fr. marche, Sp. marcha, It. marcia, hence, D. & Ger. marsch. See supra.] 1. A movement of soldiers from one stopping-place to another; military progress; advance of troops. In our third march we found an unexpected supply of food, the hills being full of hares. De Foe.
v. i. [See MARCH, n.] To border; to be contiguous. [Obs.] That was in a strange land Which marcheth upon Chimerie. Gower.
n. [O. Fr. marche, marce, pl. marches, Pr. marcha, marca, Sp. & It. marca, A-S. mearc, mark, sign, limit, boundary; O. Sax. marca, Goth. marka, O. H. Ger. marka, marcha, maracha, M. H. Ger. mark, marke, marche, N. H. Ger. mark; allied to Lat. margo, edge, border, margin. See MARK.] A frontier of a territory; a border; a confine;—used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied to the frontiers between England and Scotland and England and Wales.
Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions—France, Savoy, and Switzerland. Fuller.