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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
  Travel \Trav"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Traveledor Travelled;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Traveling or Travelling.] [Properly, to
     labor, and the same word as travail.]
     1. To labor; to travail. [Obsoles.] --Hooker.
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     2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the
        city, or through the streets.
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     3. To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place,
        or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his
        health; he is traveling in California.
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     4. To pass; to go; to move.
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              Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.
                                                    --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
  Travel \Trav"el\, v. t.
     1. To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent.
        "I travel this profound." --Milton.
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     2. To force to journey. [R.]
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              They shall not be traveled forth of their own
              franchises.                           --Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
  Travel \Trav"el\, n.
     1. The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a
        journey.
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              With long travel I am stiff and weary. --Shak.
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              His travels ended at his country seat. --Dryden.
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     2. pl. An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and
        observations during a journey; as, a book of travels; --
        often used as the title of a book; as, Travels in Italy.
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     3. (Mach.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as,
        the travel of a slide valve.
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     4. Labor; parturition; travail. [Obs.]
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