Perambulate

//pəɹˈæmbjʊˌleɪt// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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. 2
    walk with no particular goal wordnet
  3. 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. 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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