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