perambulate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   formal or humorous: to walk about, stroll, or travel through a place

   After dinner, the guests perambulated through the gardens.

2. 2
   verb

   to walk around or through an area in order to inspect it, especially to establish a boundary

   Local officials perambulate the parish boundary at regular intervals.

From Latin perambulare, 'to walk through,' built from per-, 'through,' + ambulare, 'to walk.' English preserved both the general formal sense of walking about and the legal or civic practice of inspecting a boundary on foot.

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