perambulate

Definition

To walk about, roam or stroll; to ambulate.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perambulō, perambulātus. Equivalent to per- + ambulate.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "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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