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Perambulate
//pəɹˈæmbjʊˌleɪt// verb
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Verb
- 1 To walk about, roam or stroll; to ambulate. intransitive
"Take, for instance, one of the most wretched classes of the community, the poor fellows who perambulate the streets as Sandwich Men. These are farmed out by certain firms."
- 2 walk with no particular goal wordnet
- 3 To inspect (an area) on foot. transitive
"The officials, in their gowns of grey, with a white St. Andrew’s cross on back and breast, and a white cloth carried before them on a staff, perambulated the city, adding the terror of man’s justice to the fear of God’s visitation."
- 4 make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property) wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin perambulō, perambulātus. Equivalent to per- + ambulate.
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