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perambulated

perambulated is the simple past and past participle of perambulate.

Meaning of perambulate

Verb

perambulate (third-person singular simple present perambulates, present participle perambulating, simple past and past participle perambulated)

  1. (intransitive) To walk around, roam, or stroll.
    • Near-synonym: ambulate (sometimes synonymous)
    Synonyms:
    ambulate
  2. (transitive) To inspect (an area) on foot.
    • The officials, in their gowns of grey, with a white St. Andrew’s cross on back and breast, and a white cloth carried before them on a staff, perambulated the city, adding the terror of man’s justice to the fear of God’s visitation.1903, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter IV, in Edinburgh

Questions about perambulated

What is perambulated the simple past and past participle of?
Perambulated is the simple past and past participle of perambulate.

Words near perambulated in the dictionary

  1. perambled
  2. perambles
  3. perambling
  4. perambulant
  5. perambulate
  6. perambulated
  7. perambulates
  8. perambulating
  9. perambulation
  10. perambulations
  11. perambulative

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