Verb Perambulate Walk Foot Perambulatus Ambulare Inspection Per·Am·Bu·Late

per·am·bu·late
\\pə-ˈram-byə-ˌlāt\\ verb
(-lat·ed ; -lat·ing)transitive verb
1. to travel over or through especially on foot :

traverse

2. to make an official inspection of (a boundary) on foot
intransitive verb
:
• per·am·bu·la·tion \\-ˌram-byə-ˈlā-shən\\ noun
• per·am·bu·la·to·ry \\-ˈram-byə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē\\ adjective

perambulate
  1568, from L. perambulatus, pp. of perambulare "to walk through, go through," from per- "through" (see per) + ambulare "to walk." Perambulator "one who perambulates" is first recorded 1611; sense of "baby carriage" is first recorded 1856; often colloquially shortened to pram.

per·am·bu·late
\-ˌlāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin perambulatus, past participle of perambulare, from per- through + ambulare to walk — more at ,
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to travel over or through especially on foot :
  < perambulate the park or … bask and loiter and gossip on its benches — Virginia Woolf >
 b. : to push in a perambulator
  < mothers, with toddlers and perambulated infants in tow — Time >
2. : to make an official inspection of (a boundary) on foot
 < according to tradition, selectmen … are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News >
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to cover ground at a leisurely pace : ,
  < when woman was a perambulating clothes closet — H.A.Overstreet >
 b. : to follow a meandering course :
  < the road, winding about in the perambulating style of all mountain roads — N.H.Fulbright >

2. : to walk a boundary for purposes of inspection