Range, v. i. 1. To rove at large; to wander without restraint or
direction; to roam.
Like a ranging spaniel that barks at every bird he sees.
Burton.
2. To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of
projecting, or to admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal
distance; as, the temperature ranged through seventy degrees
Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three miles; the shot ranged four miles.
3. To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or
classification; to rank.
And range with humble livers in content.
Shak.
4. To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or
keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; -- often followed by
with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along
the coast.
Which way the forests range.
Dryden.
5. (Biol.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region;
as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.
Syn. -- To rove; roam; ramble; wander; stroll.
Range, n. [From Range, v.: cf. F. rangée.] 1. A series of things in a
line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains.
2. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a
class.
The next range of beings above him are the immaterial
intelligences.
Sir M. Hale.