| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| perambulate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | per·am·bu·late |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p -r m by-l t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: per·am·bu·lat·ed, per·am·bu·lat·ing, per·am·bu·lates
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To walk through. 2. To inspect (an area) on foot. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To walk about; roam or stroll. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin perambulre, perambult- : per-, per- + ambulre, to walk; see ambhi- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | per·ambu·lation —NOUN
per·ambu·la·tory (-l-tôr , -t r) —ADJECTIVE
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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