ambulate

English

Etymology

From Latin ambulatus, past participle of ambulō ‎(“I walk, go about”). Cognate to amble.

Verb

ambulate ‎(third-person singular simple present ambulates, present participle ambulating, simple past and past participle ambulated)

1. To walk; to relocate one's self under the power of one's own legs.

   Peter slowly ambulated to the bathroom, favoring his strained knee.

Synonyms

See Wikisaurus:walk

Related terms

• ambi-
• amble
• ambulance
• ambulant
• ambulator
• ambulatory

External links

• ambulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• ambulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

Verb

ambulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ambulō

Participle

ambulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ambulātus