itinerate
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of itinerate
1590–1600; < Late Latin itinerātus, past participle of itinerārī to travel, equivalent to Latin itiner- (stem of iter ) journey ( see iter) + -ātus -ate 1
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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
He approved of Boehler's plan to itinerate among the plantations and promised that both his own and Schulius' salaries should be paid him, that he might be supplied for traveling expenses.
From The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740 by Adelaide L. (Adelaide Lisetta) Fries
Vagabonds, wandering quacks, and itinerate keepers of animals came to pass Sundays and other non-working days in parties of pleasure.
From Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Eugène Sue
He would be able to remain the itinerate tinkerer; designing and building the most inane creations that regularly had little purpose beyond satisfying technical creativity.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau
In 1844, they were both ordained in Jerusalem, and Sternchuss accompanied Stern to Bagdad, whence he itinerated to Mesopotamia, visiting Hillah and Ezekiel's tomb twice, he also visited Persia.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
For many years she itinerated as a preacher, and at the great age of one hundred and three her health is still vigorous.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various
All the world knows how much he has talked upon this particular topic; how he has itinerated on its behalf; how he has perspired under its business.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various
The South Wales clergy who regularly itinerated were dying out; the majority of those remaining itinerated but irregularly, and were most of them against the change.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
As on the way I itinerated, A rural person I obviated, Interrogating time’s transitation, And of the passage demonstration.
From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn
A few years before he had entered upon his new life of itinerating among the ranches, there was a contest between the cowboys to decide who among them was the most skilful rider.
From The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west by John Maclean
For Ponnamal, who was the leader of our itinerating band, broke down hopelessly, and thought her use in life had passed—till the babies came and brought her back to activity again.
From Lotus Buds by Amy Carmichael
Since these ladies have acquired an elementary knowledge of Syriac they have been itinerating in the Urmi villages, holding Bible classes, giving instruction, and distributing medicines among the sick.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
That there is much bustle in the streets, I can see by the obstacles my vehicle encounters at every step, itinerating peddlers, carts heavily laden, mandarins and their noisy following.
From The Adventures of a Special Correspondent by Jules Verne
Consequently, when, in company with Mr. Muirson, Colonel Heathcote began itinerating through southwestern Connecticut, ministers and magistrates frequently opposed and threatened them.
From The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by Maria Louise Greene
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