perambulation

  • 121wander — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. rove, ramble, stroll, walk, range; digress, swerve, deviate, stray; rave, maunder, be delirious; moon; straggle, forage. See travel, deviation, insanity, motion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To stroll]… …

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  • 122Journey — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Locomotion by land. < N PARAG:Journey >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 travel travel Sgm: N 1 traveling traveling &c. >V. wayfaring campaigning GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 journey journey excursion …

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  • 123Domesday book — 1178, popular name of Great Inquisition or Survey (1086), William the Conqueror s inventory of his new domain, from M.E. domes, gen. of dom day of judgment (see DOOM (Cf. doom)). The booke ... to be called Domesday, bicause (as Mathew Parise… …

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  • 124perambulate — [pə rambjʊleɪt] verb 1》 formal walk or travel from place to place. 2》 Brit. historical walk round (a parish, forest, etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries. Derivatives perambulation noun perambulatory adjective Origin ME:… …

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  • 125circuit — n. 1. Revolution, circular course. 2. Space, region, tract, district, province, range, sphere, field, compass, bounds. 3. Boundary, compass, boundary line, distance round. 4. Course, tour, round, perambulation, journey …

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  • 126tour — n. Journey (in a circuit), excursion, trip, expedition, pilgrimage, circuit, round, perambulation, course …

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  • 127round — I. a. 1. Circular. 2. Spherical, globular, orbicular, rotund, orbed. 3. Cylindrical. 4. Full, complete, entire, unbroken, whole. 5. Large, great, considerable. 6. Plump, chubby, corpulent, stout, full, swelling. 7. Smooth, contin …

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  • 128perambulate — verb (I, T) old fashioned to walk around or along a place without hurrying perambulation noun (C, U) …

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