perambulate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb 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. verb walk with no particular goal
    walk about; walk around.
    • we were walking around in the garden
    • after breakfast, she walked about in the park

WordNet

Per*am"bu*late transitive verb
Etymology
L. perambulatus, p.p. of perambulare to perambulate; per through + ambulare to walk. See Per-, and Amble.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Perambulated ; present participle & verbal noun Perambulating
Definitions
  1. 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.
Per*am"bu*late intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.

Webster 1913