perambulate
/pəɹˈæmbjʊˌleɪt/ verb
Forms perambulates perambulating perambulated
- verb (intransitive) To walk around, roam, or stroll.
- verb (transitive) To inspect (an area) on foot.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin perambulō, perambulātus. Equivalent to per- + ambulate.
Webster’s 1913
- verb 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.
- verb To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.
Etymology [L. perambulatus, p.p. of perambulare to perambulate; per through + ambulare to walk. See Per-, and Amble.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “perambulate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details