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Definition: To dance attendance
Dance
\Dance\, v. t.
To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and
down; to dandle.
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To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind. --Shak.
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Thy grandsire loved thee well;
Many a time he danced thee on his knee. --Shak.
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To dance attendance, to come and go obsequiously; to be or
remain in waiting, at the beck and call of another, with a
view to please or gain favor.
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A man of his place, and so near our favor,
To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure.
--Shak.
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