Definition of "perambulate" []

• To walk through. (verb-transitive)
• To inspect (an area) on foot. (verb-transitive)
• To walk about; roam or stroll. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The spatial character of architectural mnemonics — that one would "perambulate" cloisters and palaces in the mind, composing narratives with the ornaments and images arrayed therein — reflects a phenomenological dimension to thought that may be quite foreign to a modern-day observer."
• "While healthy elephants can trudge long distances in search of water, "weak and sick" animals are unable to "perambulate" and succumb, says forest veterinarian Dr N.S. Manoharan."
• "Then again, I'm positively balmy myself, so I was prepared to perambulate with a pack of pinniped pals."