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Meaning of 'perambulate'
Meaning of 'perambulate' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Perambulate 
[ v. i.]
- To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he
perambulated in the park. [ v. i.]2. Perambulate [ v. t.]
- 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. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'perambulate' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. perambulate [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
- make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
Example in sentence:
- Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years
Meaning (2):
- walk with no particular goal
- walk with no particular goal
Example in sentence:
- after breakfast, she walked about in the park;
- we were walking around in the garden
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