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perlustrate

/pəˈlʌstɹeɪt/

perlustrate verb: to travel through an area in examination or survey.

Verb

perlustrate (third-person singular simple present perlustrates, present participle perlustrating, simple past and past participle perlustrated)

  1. To travel through an area in examination or survey.

Forms of perlustrate

third-person singular presentperlustrates
present participleperlustrating
past participleperlustrated
pastperlustrated

Origin of perlustrate

Latin perlustratus, the perfect participle of perlustro, from per- + lustro (“wander through”), from lustrum.

Words formed from perlustrate

Questions about perlustrate

What does perlustrate mean?
Perlustrate means to travel through an area in examination or survey.
What part of speech is perlustrate?
Perlustrate is a verb.
How do you pronounce perlustrate?
Perlustrate is pronounced /pəˈlʌstɹeɪt/.
What is the past tense of perlustrate?
The past tense of perlustrate is perlustrated.

Words near perlustrate in the dictionary

  1. Perlsian
  2. Perlstein
  3. Perlsteins
  4. perlucin
  5. perlucins
  6. perlustrate
  7. perlustrated
  8. perlustrates
  9. perlustrating
  10. perlustration
  11. perlustrations

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