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Perambulate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERAM'BULATE, v.t. [L. perambulo; per and ambulo, to walk.]
To walk through or over; properly and technically, to pass through or over for the purpose of surveying or examining something; to visit as overseers; as, to perambulate a parish. So in New England, the laws require the select men of towns to appoint suitable persons annually to perambulate the borders or bounds of the township, and renew the boundaries, or see that the old ones are in a good state.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property); "Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years"
2: walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the garden"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park" [syn: perambulate, walk about, walk around]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: Latin perambulatus, past participle of perambulare, from per- through + ambulare to walk Date: 1568 transitive verb 1. to travel over or through especially on foot ; traverse 2. to make an official inspection of (a boundary) on foot intransitive verb stroll • perambulation noun • perambulatory adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. walk through, over, or about (streets, the country, etc.). 2 intr. walk from place to place. 3 tr. a travel through and inspect (territory). b formally establish the boundaries of (a parish etc.) by walking round them. Derivatives: perambulation n. perambulatory adj. Etymology: L perambulare perambulat- (as PER-, ambulare walk)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Perambulate Per*am"bu*late, v. i. To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Perambulate Per*am"bu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perambulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Perambulating.] [L. perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to perambulate; per through + ambulare to walk. See Per-, and Amble.] To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(perambulates, perambulating, perambulated) When someone perambulates, they walk about for pleasure. (OLD-FASHIONED) VERB • perambulation (perambulations) It was time now to end our perambulation round Paris. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Go around, go about, traverse.

Moby Thesaurus

ambulate, ankle, circumambulate, course, cover, do, foot, foot it, go over, hoof it, jaywalk, jog on, leg, leg it, measure, overpass, pace, pad, parade, pass over, pass through, patrol, pedestrianize, peregrinate, pererrate, peripateticate, ply, promenade, range, range over, reconnoiter, scour, scour the country, scout, shuffle along, step, stretch the legs, stride, stump it, sweep, take a stretch, take a walk, track, traipse, transit, travel over, travel through, traverse, tread, voyage, walk