obambulate, v. rare.
(ɒˈbæmbjʊleɪt)
[f. ppl. stem of L. obambulāre, f. ob- (ob-) + ambulare to walk.]
intr. To walk about; to wander hither and thither.
| 1614–15 Boys Wks. (1622) 597 Soules departed..doe not obambulate and wander vp and downe, but remaine in places of happinesse or vnhappinesse. 1633 Earl of Manchester Al Mondo (1636) 100 In the interim the Soule doth not wander and obambulate. 1694 Motteux Rabelais v. (1737) 231 We..must still obambulate, Sequacious of the Court. |
So obambuˈlation, walking to and fro; obˈambulatory a., habitually walking about, itinerant.
| 1600 O. E. (M. Sutcliffe) Repl. Libel v. 100 Their stationarie obambulations about the limits of parishes. 1610 Boys Wks. (1622) 375 Their obambulations of spirits and apparitions of dead men. 1818 J. Brown Psyche 107 Obambulation much befriends The point for which a man contends. 1855 F. Chamier My Travels III. i. 16 Many obambulatory merchants of such wares. |