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单词 perambulate
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perambulateadj.

Forms: 1500s perambulat.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perambulātus.
Etymology: < classical Latin perambulātus, past participle of perambulāre perambulate v.
Obsolete. rare.
That has been perambulated, or determined by perambulation (perambulation n. 1a); trodden by walking.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [adjective] > going on foot > through or about > ascertained by walking or walked about
perambulate1509
perambulated1675
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) viii. v. 30 That he walke not..The perambulat waye.
1575–6 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 490 The perambulat landis betuix the landis of Creychtmontgorth and Nethertoun.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

perambulatev.

Brit. /pəˈrambjᵿleɪt/, U.S. /pəˈræmbjəˌleɪt/
Forms: 1600s perambelate (North American), 1600s– perambulate; Scottish pre-1700 perambulat, pre-1700 perambulat (past tense and past participle), pre-1700 perambulatt (past tense and past participle), pre-1700 1700s– perambulate.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin perambulāt-, perambulāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin perambulāt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix3) of perambulāre to walk about in, to travel about in, to visit in turn or make the round of, to walk the bounds < per- per- prefix + ambulāre to walk (see ambulant adj.). Compare earlier perambulation n. With sense 2 compare earlier perambulate adj.
1. Originally Scottish.
a. transitive. To travel through and inspect (a territory) so as to measure it, divide it, or determine its ownership; to survey by passing through; †(Scottish) to designate (land) as belonging to a person or estate by perambulation (obsolete). Also: to walk in procession around the boundaries of (a forest, manor, parish, etc.) for the purpose of formally determining or preserving them; to perform a perambulation of (see perambulation n. 1a and cf. to beat the bounds at beat v.1 Phrases 1) (now chiefly historical).
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > travel about > and survey
perambulate1450
peruse1532
perlustrate1535
perlustrea1600
round1611
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)] > a place, etc.
perambulate1450
perlustrate1535
view1539
explorate?1549
explore1577
perlustrea1600
reacknowledge1622
canvass1652
reconnoitre1712
recce1943
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > round > a boundary or the boundaries of
perambulate1450
peramble1480
walk1569
1450 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 151 The north syd of the moor of Brechin perambulat and marched be the Sheriff of Forfar.
1497 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 63 Samekle [sc. corn] as grew within the boundis perambulat to the sade Jhone Olephant..and..samekle as grew within the boundis perambulat to the landis of Carnebee.
1584 Burntisland Burgh Court (Edinb. Reg. House) 5 May That the baileis heirof visie sicht and perambulat the meithis merchis and bundis off this burght at the twa termis apoinctit.
1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 249 Commissions..to viewe, and perambulate those Irish territories; and thereupon, to diuide and limit the same into..Counties.
1679–88 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 179 A comic'on under the great seale, for perambulating the forest of Beare.
1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 322 The Inhabitants had been perambulating a neighbouring Mannor.
1791 S. Freeman Town Officer 15 We the..Selectmen..do herby nominate and appoint you to perambulate run and renew the dividing lines between..towns.
1883 American 6 359 Boundary stones, which used to be annually perambulated by the mayor and corporation.
1922 Times 17 May 13/4 The parishioners will meet at the parish church..and perambulate the boundaries of the parish according to ancient custom.
1994 J. Hudson Land, Law & Lordship in Anglo-Norman Eng. 159 Some of those witnessing [a grant of land] might..perambulate the land given.
b. intransitive. To perform a perambulation; to beat the bounds.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > round > the boundaries
perambulate1653
1653 Watertown Rec. I. i. 37 Christefer Grant and one of the Deacon Stones sonnes are chosen to perambelate this yeare.
1708 S. Sewall Diary 12 Apr. (1973) I. 593 Capt. Culliver and others perambulating for Braintrey and Milton, went with us.
1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music ii. 112 On Ascension-day it is the custom of the inhabitants of parishes with their officers to perambulate in order to perpetuate the memory of their boundaries.
1874 Gen. Statutes State Connecticut iii. 88 In case both of such communities shall neglect to perambulate, the whole shall be to the use of any informer.
1982 Christian Sci. Monitor (Boston) (Nexis) 19 Feb. 20 The boundaries were thus in wild terrain, and selectmen could perambulate for miles without coming upon a house.
2003 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 6 Feb. b1 I was a Lisbon selectman for six years and we never perambulated.
2. gen.
a. transitive. To walk through, over, or about (a place or space). In early use more generally: to travel or pass through, to traverse.Quot. 1508 at peramble v. 1b may illustrate this sense at an earlier date, but the form is ambiguous.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > travel about
environc1384
to turn about ——c1440
perambulate1607
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > through or about
perambulate1607
1607 J. Davies Summa Totalis sig. C4 Ere once the Sunne his Round perambulate.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 414 The Sea, is, I cannot say, inhabited, but perambulated by the Samogitians.
1790 J. Byng Diary 30 June in Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 214 After putting up my horse, I perambulated the town.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1763 I. 222 [Johnson:] There is a good deal of Spain that has not been perambulated.
1849 H. Melville Redburn lxi. 380 That evening, Goodwell, Harry, and I, perambulated the streets.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 96/1 He was wont to perambulate the garden and the hothouses, lantern in hand.
1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out iv. 69 I suppose the most momentous conversations of my life took place while perambulating the great court at Trinity.
1988 M. Warner Lost Father ix. 78 She perambulated the piazza.
2002 S. Perera Do Right Thing 213 Her father had so proudly perambulated the room with her, his glittering young prize.
b. intransitive. To walk, wander, or travel from place to place; to move. Also with about, around.
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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > travel about or visit many places
runeOE
to go aboutc1300
passc1400
discur1557
dispace1588
perambulate1607
to get about1776
to go around1796
to get around1798
circulate1848
1607 Fayre Mayde of Exchange sig. F4 I am perambulating before a female.
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. E8 Perambulating about some of the principall streets of Paris.
1794 Sporting Mag. 4 106 A Sleep-walker and Sleep-talker perambulated and muttered.
1825 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland (1827) i. 38 Persons who always perambulate with a book in their hands.
1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xxxiii. 335 I, the moon-struck slave of Dora, perambulated round and round the house and garden for two hours.
1937 Times 15 Nov. 10/3 The police perambulated in pairs.
a1992 L. Colwin Big Storm knocked it Over (1993) xxxii. 243 It is too mild for heat and too cool for air conditioning, the perfect weather for perambulating around a city.
c. transitive. figurative. To go around, encircle (a thing). Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)]
befong971
beclipc1000
begoc1000
belieOE
bestandc1000
to go about ——OE
umbegangc1200
behema1250
befallc1275
berunc1275
girdc1290
bihalvena1300
umlapa1300
umlaya1300
umlouka1300
umbegoc1300
belayc1320
halsea1340
enclose1340
umbelapa1350
embracec1360
betrendc1374
circlec1374
umbecasta1375
to give about1382
environa1393
umbeclipa1395
compassa1400
encircle?a1400
enourle?a1400
umbegivea1400
umbeseta1400
umbeliec1400
umbetighc1400
enroundc1420
measurec1425
umbsteadc1450
adviron?1473
purprise1481
umbeviron1489
belta1500
girtha1500
overgirda1500
engirt15..
envirea1513
round?a1513
brace1513
umbereach1513
becompass1520
circuea1533
girtc1540
umbsetc1540
circule1553
encompass1555
circulate?a1560
ingyre1568
to do about1571
engird1573
circumdate1578
succinge1578
employ1579
circuate1581
girdle1582
wheel1582
circumgyre1583
enring1589
ringa1592
embail1593
enfold1596
invier1596
stem1596
circumcingle1599
ingert1599
engirdle1602
circulize1603
circumscribe1605
begirt1608
to go round1610
enwheela1616
surround1616
shingle1621
encirculize1624
circumviron1632
beround1643
orba1644
circumference1646
becircle1648
incircuitc1650
circumcinge1657
circumtend1684
besiege1686
cincture1789
zone1795
cravat1814
encincture1820
circumvent1824
begirdle1837
perambulate1863
cordon1891
1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 242 In the centre of the grassy quadrangle about which the cloisters perambulate.
1882 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 462/1 The remarkable representations of animals, with Greek names affixed, which perambulate the stony space.
3. intransitive. Of a vehicle: to be in motion. Also transitive: to move about or around (a place). Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > move or go along [verb (intransitive)] > of a light vehicle
perambulate1856
1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames iii. 84 The boats perambulating [among the shipping] during the night.
1856 Chambers's Jrnl. 23 Aug. 116/2 The young brother..can hardly reach to the bar, but nevertheless the light carriage perambulates obediently under his guidance.
a1898 H. Bessemer Autobiogr. (1905) xix. 300 I could have fifty cabs perambulating Cornhill and the principal City throroughfares with similar placards posted on them.
1991 Mod. Railways Apr. 179/2 The buffet trolley will be locked in to serve as a static bar when on crowded commuter runs, and will perambulate at other times.
4. transitive. To wheel, convey, or conduct in or as if in a perambulator; to travel on or over in a perambulator. Also with about. Now archaic.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > by wheeled vehicle > in a perambulator
perambulate1865
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > traverse in specific vehicle
gallop1590
coach1693
perambulate1865
motor1928
punt1985
1865 P. H. Gosse Year at Shore iv. 87 The open gate of a villa reveals a little girl ‘perambulating’ a baby.
1909 M. B. Saunders Litany Lane xxii. 295 The Princess Max, having opened the affair, was being perambulated about as usual.
1922 J. A. Dunn Man Trap i. 9 Jovial of mouth and eyes despite the handicap that reduced him to being perambulated.
1998 Guardian (Nexis) 10 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 14 I was not permitted to be perambulated in public without benefit of a bonnet.

Derivatives

peˈrambulated adj. rare before 20th cent.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [adjective] > going on foot > through or about > ascertained by walking or walked about
perambulate1509
perambulated1675
1675 J. Ogilby Britannia Pref. 1 Their Perambulated Projections..being much inferior to what might have been done.
1900 Eng. Hist. Rev. 15 514 Daniel, bishop of Cloyne in 1251, confirms a grant of David..granting to the burgesses and their heirs lands measured and perambulated, to hold at a rent of ten marks.
1966 I. D. Willock Origins & Devel. Jury in Scotl. 129 Very often,..the perambulated boundaries were embodied in a new charter.
1994 Amer. Lit. Hist. 6 637 One enterprising business, he noted, avoided the prohibition on advertising in Broadway by printing its slogans on a perambulated red umbrella.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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