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Perambulate

verb

(past & past part. perambulated; pres. part. perambulating)

Make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property).

Walk with no particular goal. Synonyms: walk about, walk around. "After breakfast, she walked about in the park"

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"Perambulate" Quotes from Famous Books

... title. Several persons, perhaps reflecting in their last moments on all the good advice which they had missed through slumbering during sermon time, have bequeathed money for the support of an officer who should perambulate the church, and call to attention any one who, through sleep, was missing the preacher's timely admonition. Richard Dovey, of Farmcote, in 1659 left property at Claverley, Shropshire, with the condition that eight shillings ...

— The Parish Clerk (1907) • Peter Hampson Ditchfield

... out, to perambulate the streets in rather bitter humour. Was he to return to the poor, scantily supplied home, and continue a drag on its resources, lingering out his days in illusive hopes? Oh that his strong hands and strong ...

— Cedar Creek - From the Shanty to the Settlement • Elizabeth Hely Walshe

Words linked to "Perambulate" : walk around, perambulation, inspect, walk about, walk, amble