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march

2  [mahrch]
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–noun
1. a tract of land along a border of a country; frontier.
2. marches, the border districts between England and Scotland, or England and Wales.
–verb (used without object)
3. to touch at the border; border.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME marche < AF, OF < Gmc; cf. OE gemearc, Goth marka boundary; see mark 1
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Word Origin & History

March 
c.1200, from Anglo-Fr. marche, from O.Fr. marz, from L. Martius (mensis) "(month) of Mars," from Mars (gen. Martis). Replaced O.E. hreðmonaþ, of uncertain meaning, perhaps from hræd "quick, nimble, ready, active, alert, prompt." For March hare, proverbial type of madness, see mad.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: march
Pronunciation: 'märch
Function: noun
: the progression of epileptic activity through the motor centers of the cerebral cortex that ismanifested in localized convulsions in first one and then an adjacent part of the body march of convulsions>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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