itinerate
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- itineration noun
Etymology
Origin of itinerate
1590–1600; < Late Latin itinerātus, past participle of itinerārī to travel, equivalent to Latin itiner- (stem of iter ) journey ( iter ) + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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After the short, with Hall playing an itinerate gambler, made it into the Sundance Film Festival, Anderson expanded it into his feature debut, 1997’s “Hard Eight,” which catapulted Hall’s career.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2022
Fired from that job when new owners bought the Minneapolis station, the itinerate newsman landed as city editor of the fictional Los Angeles Tribune in the hour-long series that bore his name.
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2021
Exhorters were divided into two classes—public, who were allowed to itinerate as preachers and superintend a number of societies; private, who were confined to the charge of one or two societies.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
Nor was there a whipsaw in the whole country round with which to work, the itinerate sawyer having gone on with his property to another creek.
From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine
In 1789 he quitted the seafaring life, and commenced to itinerate for subscribers to enable him to publish his poems.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
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