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per ambulation

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per⋅am⋅bu⋅late

  [per-am-byuh-leyt] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
Use per ambulation in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
2. to traverse in order to examine or inspect.
–verb (used without object)
3. to walk or travel about; stroll.
Origin:
1560–70; < L perambulātus ptp. of perambulāre to walk through. See per-, ambulate

Related forms:
per⋅am⋅bu⋅la⋅tion, noun
per⋅am⋅bu⋅la⋅to⋅ry  [per-am-byuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective

Synonyms:
3. saunter, promenade, amble, mosey, meander, ramble.
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Word Origin & History

perambulate 
1568, from L. perambulatus, pp. of perambulare "to walk through, go through," from per- "through" (see per) + ambulare "to walk." Perambulator "one who perambulates" is first recorded 1611; sense of "baby carriage" is first recorded 1856; often colloquially shortened to pram.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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