Obs. [f. EQUI- + PACE.] Equal step; regular marching order. In equipace, in equal step. Cf. EQUIPAGE 14.

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1600.  J. Lane, Tom Tel-troth, 120. They strive to keep in equipace.

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1619.  Hales, Gold. Rem. (1688), 456. Martinius who goes in æquipace with Gomarus in Learning, [etc.]. Ibid., 59. By lessening our steps to keep them in equipace with us.

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1627.  Drayton, Miseries Q. Margaret, xix. Twelve barons in their equipace, and twenty bishops.

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