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English Dictionary: Perambulate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park"
    Synonym(s): perambulate, walk about, walk around
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 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.
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