PERAMBULATE

perambulate, walk about, walk around

(verb) walk with no particular goal; “we were walking around in the garden”; “after breakfast, she walked about in the park”

perambulate

(verb) make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property); “Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

perambulate (third-person singular simple present perambulates, present participle perambulating, simple past and past participle perambulated)

(intransitive) To walk about, roam or stroll.

(transitive) To inspect (an area) on foot.

Anagrams

• preambulate

Source: Wiktionary


Per*am"bu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perambulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Perambulating.] Etym: [L. perambulatus, p.p. of perambulare to perambulate; per through + ambulare to walk. See Per-, and Amble.]

Definition: To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.

Per*am"bu*late, v. i.

Definition: To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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