Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Perambulate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perambulate \Per*am"bu*late\, v. i.
To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in
the park.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perambulate \Per*am"bu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Perambulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perambulating}.] [L.
perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to perambulate; per
through + ambulare to walk. See {Per-}, and {Amble}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
perambulate
v 1: make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a
property); "Selectmen are required by law to perambulate
the bounds every five years"
2: walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the
garden" [syn: {walk about}, {walk around}]
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