ambulate, v. rare.
(ˈæmbjʊleɪt)
Obs. pa. pple. ambulate.
[f. L. ambulāt- ppl. stem of ambulā-re to walk.]
To walk, move about.
| 1623 Cockeram, Ambulate, To moue hither and thither. 1724 Ramsay Evergreen II. 65, I haif ambulate on Parnasso the mountain [orig., I perambulate]. 1794 Southey in Life (1849) I. 215 Burnett ambulated to Bristol with me. 1814 Byron in Moore Life (1866) 246 Without once quitting the table except to ambulate home. |