perambulate
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Definition of perambulate
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(intransitive)To walk about, roam or stroll; to ambulate.
“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.”
“They dragged themselves from the swamp singly, and in twos and threes, more dead than alive, mere perambulating skeletons, until at last there were thirty of us.”
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verb
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(intransitive)To walk about, roam or stroll; to ambulate.
“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.”
“They dragged themselves from the swamp singly, and in twos and threes, more dead than alive, mere perambulating skeletons, until at last there were thirty of us.”
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(transitive)To inspect (an area) on foot.
“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.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰider. Proto-Italic *amβi Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der. Proto-Italic *alō Latin *alō Latin ambulō Latin perambulō Latin perambulātusbor. English perambulate Borrowed from Latin perambulō, perambulātus. Equivalent to per- + ambulate.
Words you can make from perambulate
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12 words7-letter words
46 words- PLUMBER 13 pts
- REPLUMB 13 pts
- AMPUTEE 11 pts
- BELEAPT 11 pts
- EMBRUTE 11 pts
- EMPALER 11 pts
- LABARUM 11 pts
- LAMBERT 11 pts
- MUTABLE 11 pts
- PABULAR 11 pts
- PALMATE 11 pts
- PARABLE 11 pts
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- TAMABLE 11 pts
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6-letter words
94 words- BUMPER 12 pts
- PABLUM 12 pts
- ABRUPT 10 pts
- AMBEER 10 pts
- AMBLER 10 pts
- AMEBAE 10 pts
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5-letter words
46 words- ABAMP 11 pts
- ABEAM 9 pts
- ALBUM 9 pts
- AMBER 9 pts
- AMBLE 9 pts
- AMEBA 9 pts
- AMPLE 9 pts
- AMPUL 9 pts
- BERME 9 pts
- BLAME 9 pts
- BLEEP 9 pts
- BLUME 9 pts
- BREAM 9 pts
- BRUME 9 pts
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- ALARM 7 pts
- AMEER 7 pts
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- ARAME 7 pts
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