circumambulate
[ sur-kuh m-am-byuh-leyt ]
/ ˌsɜr kəmˈæm byəˌleɪt /
verb (used with or without object), cir·cum·am·bu·lat·ed, cir·cum·am·bu·lat·ing.
to walk or go about or around, especially ceremoniously.
RELATED WORDS
drift, reach, encompass, spread, cover, trek, traipse, ramble, stray, cruise, hike, float, roam, straggle, meander, amble, saunter, stroll, traverse, sweep
Nearby words
- circulatory system,
- circulus,
- circum-,
- circum.,
- circumambient,
- circumanal gland,
- circumbasal,
- circumbendibus,
- circumcenter,
- circumcircle
Origin of circumambulate
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Examples from the Web for circumambulate
Is this me, around whom children ran, as they would about a pillar or a monument, and thought it exercise to circumambulate?
Arthur O'Leary|Charles James LeverThey kneel, clasp their hands, circumambulate the Buddha and file out.
The Buddha|Paul CarusDo thou, therefore, circumambulate that great hero cheerfully.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 4|Kisari Mohan Ganguli
circumambulate
/ (ˌsɜːkəmˈæmbjʊˌleɪt) /
verb
to walk around (something)
(intr) to avoid the point
Word Origin for circumambulate
C17: from Late Latin circum- + ambulāre to walk
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circumambulate
1650s, from Latin circumambulatus, past participle of circumambulare "to walk around," from circum "around" (see circum-) + ambulare "to walk" (see amble). Related: Circumambulated; circumambulating; circumambulation.
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