To engage or take part in, to perform (dances, songs), to utter (joyful or mournful) sounds. Cf. Latin ducere carmen, choros, German die reihen führen…

intransitive. To leap, skip, hop, or glide with measured steps and rhythmical movements of the body, usually to the accompaniment of music, either…

transitive with cognate object. To dance (a dance or dance step). Now rare.

transitive. To perform the steps of (a dance). Obsolete.

transitive. To perform (a dance) with a light lively step. rare.

transitive. poetic. To dance (a particular dance). Obsolete. rare.