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Perambulate

Perambulate Meaning & Definition
Perambulate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Perambulate?

[v] walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the garden"
[v] make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property); "Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Perambulate: walk about | walk around

Related Terms | Find terms related to Perambulate: 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

See Also | inspect | walk

Perambulate In Webster's Dictionary

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

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