verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To travel through an area in examination or survey.

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Etymology

Latin perlustratus, the perfect participle of perlustro, from per- + lustro (“wander through”), from lustrum.

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