peregrinate

American  

[per-i-gruh-neyt] / ˈpɛr ɪ grəˌneɪt /

verb (used without object)

peregrinated, peregrinating

1. to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot.

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verb (used with object)

peregrinated, peregrinating

1. to travel or walk over; traverse.

peregrinate British  

/ ˈpɛrɪɡrɪˌneɪt /

verb

1. (intr) to travel or wander about from place to place; voyage

2. (tr) to travel through (a place)

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adjective

1. an obsolete word for foreign

Other Word Forms

• peregrinator noun

Etymology

Origin of peregrinate

First recorded in 1585–95; from Latin peregrīnātus, past participle of peregrīnārī “to travel abroad”; peregrine, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Regardless of how they get there, they seem to peregrinate in a fog, for which they can hardly be blamed: In Brighton Beach, questions are deeply frowned upon, then ignored.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2018

Having those moments to pause and peregrinate keeps us nimble for the duration — and I can only imagine how salutary they are for the cast.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2017

The old showman and his literary coadjutor were already tackling their horses to the wagon with a design to peregrinate south-west along the sea-coast.

From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

He is too picked, too spruce, too affected, too odd, As it were too peregrinate, as I may call it.

From The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore

He is too picked, too spruce, too affected, too odd, as it were; too peregrinate, as I may call it; he draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 by Various