perambulate

[ per-am-byuh-leyt ]

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verb (used with object),per·am·bu·lat·ed, per·am·bu·lat·ing.

to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
to traverse in order to examine or inspect.

verb (used without object),per·am·bu·lat·ed, per·am·bu·lat·ing.

to walk or travel about; stroll.

Origin of perambulate

First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin perambulātus, past participle of perambulāre “to walk through”; see origin at per-, ambulate

Other words for perambulate

3	saunter, promenade, amble, mosey, meander, ramble

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Other words from perambulate

per·am·bu·la·tion, noun
per·am·bu·la·to·ry [per-am-byuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /pərˈæm byə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective

Words Nearby perambulate

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How to use perambulate in a sentence

The members sometimes "perambulate the village, headed by the band of the Mangotsfield detachment of the Bristol Rifles."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 108, June 15th, 1895 | Various
At the termination of the mass, troops of women perambulate the streets, during the remainder of the night.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests | J. J. von Tschudi
Skeletons still perambulate among us, as in The Messenger, where the stripped-off mask shows a hideous skull.
The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction | Dorothy Scarborough
In the centre of the grassy quadrangle about which the cloisters perambulate is a small, mean, brick building, with a locked door.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 | Various
Let us perambulate the parish from the bottom of Digbeth, thirty yards north of the bridge.
An History of Birmingham (1783) | William Hutton

British Dictionary definitions for perambulate

perambulate

/ (pəˈræmbjʊˌleɪt) /

verb

to walk about (a place)
(tr) to walk round in order to inspect

Origin of perambulate

C16: from Latin perambulāre to traverse, from per through + ambulāre to walk

Derived forms of perambulate

perambulation, noun
perambulatory (pəˈræmbjʊlətərɪ, -trɪ), adjective

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