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Webster 1913 Edition

Ambulate

Am′bu-late

,
Verb.
I.
[L.
ambulare
to walk. See
Amble
.]
To walk; to move about.
[R.]
Southey.

Definition 2024

ambulate

ambulate

English

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

External links

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

Latin

Verb

ambulāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ambulō

Participle

ambulāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ambulātus

Etymology

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

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