perambulate Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
- Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years
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verb walk with no particular goal
walk about; walk around.
- we were walking around in the garden
- after breakfast, she walked about in the park
WordNet
Per*am"bu*late transitive verb
Etymology
L.Wordforms
Definitions
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 intransitive verb
Definitions
To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he .perambulated in the park