Perambulate

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Perambulated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Perambulating.]
v. i.	1.	To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.

Verb	1.	perambulate - 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.	perambulate - walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the garden"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park" Synonyms: walk about, walk around

ambulate, ankle, circumambulate, course, cover, do, foot, foot it, go over, hoof it, jaywalk, jog on, leg, leg it, measure, overpass, pace, pad, parade, pass over, pass through, patrol, pedestrianize, peregrinate, pererrate, peripateticate, ply, promenade, range, range over, reconnoiter, scour, scour the country, scout, shuffle along, step, stretch the legs, stride, stump it, sweep, take a stretch, take a walk, track, traipse, transit, travel over, travel through, traverse, tread, voyage, walk

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