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perambulate

[ per-am-byuh-leyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, per·am·bu·lat·ed, per·am·bu·lat·ing.

, per·am·bu·lat·ed, per·am·bu·lat·ing.

to walk or travel about; stroll.
Synonyms: ramble, meander, mosey, amble, promenade, saunter

perambulate

/ pəˈræmbjʊlətərɪ; -trɪ; pəˈræmbjʊˌleɪt /

per·ambu·lation noun
per·am·bu·la·to·ry [per-, am, -by, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective

First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin perambulātus, past participle of perambulāre “to walk through”; per-, ambulate

C16: from Latin perambulāre to traverse, from per through + ambulāre to walk

The members sometimes "perambulate the village, headed by the band of the Mangotsfield detachment of the Bristol Rifles."

At the termination of the mass, troops of women perambulate the streets, during the remainder of the night.

Skeletons still perambulate among us, as in The Messenger, where the stripped-off mask shows a hideous skull.

In the centre of the grassy quadrangle about which the cloisters perambulate is a small, mean, brick building, with a locked door.

Let us perambulate the parish from the bottom of Digbeth, thirty yards north of the bridge.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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