单词 | perambulate |
释义 | † perambulateadj. 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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). < adj.1509v.1450 |
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