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Peregrinate

Peregrinate \Per"e*gri*nate\, v. i. [L. peregrinatus, p. p. of peregrinari to travel. See Pilgrim.] To travel from place to place, or from one country to another; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries.

Peregrinate

Peregrinate \Per"e*gri*nate\, a. [L. peregrinatus, p. p.] Having traveled; foreign. [Obs.]
--Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
peregrinate

1590s, from Latin peregrinatus, past participle of peregrinari "to travel abroad, be alien," figuratively "to wander, roam, travel about," from peregrinus "foreign" (see peregrine).

Wiktionary
peregrinate

Etymology 1 vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To travel from place to place, or from one country to another, especially on foot; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries. 2 (context transitive English) To travel through a specific place. Etymology 2

  1. (context rare English) peregrine; having traveled; foreign, exotic.

WordNet
peregrinate

v. travel around, through, or over, especially on foot; "peregrinate the bridge"

Usage examples of "peregrinate".

RenFaire crowd and got himself a seat in a van full of peregrinating buskers, on the run from he wasn't sure what.

I have drawn a paralactic fix on it and we are peregrinating in that direction.

It thus steers itself like a toy motor car, peregrinating around obstacles and into food-rich areas.

The village of Errold’s Grove was entirely too keyed up about the return of their peregrinating son for her liking.