Obambulate

//əˈbæmbjʊˌleɪt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To walk about; to wander aimlessly. archaic, intransitive, rare

    "While we, alas! must still obambulate, Sequacious of the court and courtier's fate : O most infaust who optates there to live! An aulic life no solid joys can give."

  2. 2
    To walk or go up to, so as or as if to meet. archaic, rare, transitive

Example

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"While we, alas! must still obambulate, Sequacious of the court and courtier's fate : O most infaust who optates there to live! An aulic life no solid joys can give."

Etymology

First attested in 1614; borrowed from Latin obambulātus, perfect passive participle of obambulō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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