Meaning of PERAMBULATE
| Pronunciation: | | pur'ambyu`leyt
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- [v] walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the garden"
- [v] make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property); "Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years"
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| | Synonyms: | | walk about, walk around |
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| | See Also: | | inspect, walk | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Per*am"bu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Perambulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perambulating}.] [L.
perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to perambulate; per
through + ambulare to walk. See {Per-}, and {Amble}.]
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.
To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in
the park.
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| | Related Terms: | | ambulate, ankle, circumambulate, course, cover, do, foot, foot it, go over, hoof it, jaywalk, jog on, leg, leg it, measure, overpass, pace, pad, parade, pass over, pass through, patrol, pedestrianize, peregrinate, pererrate, peripateticate, ply, promenade, range, range over, reconnoiter, scour, scour the country, scout, shuffle along, step, stretch the legs, stride, stump it, sweep, take a stretch, take a walk, track, traipse, transit, travel over, travel through, traverse, tread, voyage, walk |
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