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Synonyms for perambulate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : per-am-byuh-leyt
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈæm byəˌleɪt

Définition of perambulate

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Latin perambulatus, past participle of perambulare "to walk through, go through, ramble through," from per- "through" (see per) + ambulare "to walk" (see amble). Related: Perambulated; perambulating.
  • verb walk about
Example sentences :
  • But never a salary day that the "white specter" did not perambulate.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • If you will perambulate with me, I will present you to the bunch.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Triumph » by Burt L. Standish
  • During the year they perambulate the country, drumming up pilgrims.
  • Extract from : « From Egypt to Japan » by Henry M. Field
  • So after lunch I asked her to perambulate with me; and we perambulated.
  • Extract from : « The Hall and the Grange » by Archibald Marshall
  • His pleasing way is to perambulate the cars, leaving samples of his wares on all the seats and afterwards calling for orders.
  • Extract from : « The Land of Contrasts » by James Fullarton Muirhead
  • At one time he was chosen among the selectmen to perambulate the town lines—an old annual custom.
  • Extract from : « The Last Harvest » by John Burroughs
  • And so Robert was bowed out, to perambulate the streets in rather bitter humour.
  • Extract from : « Cedar Creek » by Elizabeth Hely Walshe
  • The members sometimes "perambulate the village, headed by the band of the Mangotsfield detachment of the Bristol Rifles."
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 108, June 15th, 1895 » by Various
  • The barber pointed out that it was no longer easy, as in the past, to perambulate the city without exciting suspicion.
  • Extract from : « Carry On! » by Herbert Strang
  • In one of the cable tramway cars which, at a reverential pace, perambulate the city of Edinburgh, two citizens conversed.
  • Extract from : « The Prodigal Father » by J. Storer Clouston

Antonyms for perambulate

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