perambulate

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22
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/pəɹˈæmbjʊˌleɪt/
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/pəɹˈæmbjʊˌleɪt/ · /pəɹˈæmbjəˌleɪt/

Definition of perambulate

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (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

  1. (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.”
  2. (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.

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