step (v.) Copy link Outline 1. grădior, gressus, 32. ingrĕdior, gressus, 33. incēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 • step (v.): 1. grădior, gressus, 3: if you were to s. as long as you talk, si graderere tantum, quantum loquere, Pl. Ps. 4, 7, 138. 2. ingrĕdior, gressus, 3: to s. proudly, altum ingredi, Virg. G. 3, 76. 3. incēdo, cessi, cessum, 3: they s. proudly along, incedunt magnifice, Sall. J. 31. Phr.: to s. with a high action (of a horse), gressus glomerare superbos, Virg. G. 3, 117: to s. into the place of another, in alicujus locum succedere, Cic. Phil. 2, 52, 62: to s. back, gradum reducere, Petr. 136: to s. out quickly, addere gradum, Liv. 26, 9: to s. aside, de via secedere, Pl. Curc. 2, 3, 2.