peˈrequitate, v. rare.
[ad. L. perequitāre: see -ate3, f. per- 1 + equitāre to ride.]
trans. To ride through, traverse on horseback.
| 1780 Johnson Let. to Mrs. Thrale 15 June, Among the heroes of the Borough, who twice a-day perambulate or perequitate High Street..rides..Sir Richard Hotham. 1957 P. M. Kendall Warwick Kingmaker iii. vi. 158 A poor clerk of Evreux, leaving the royal cavalcade to take a message to his Chapter and immediately setting forth with their reply, had to ride for sixty-six days before he caught up with his perequitating sovereign [sc. Louis XI]. |