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ambulate

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin ambulatus, past participle of ambulō (I walk, go about). Doublet of amble.

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
    Peter slowly ambulated to the bathroom, favoring his strained knee.
    • 1990 February 4, Margy Dowzer, Mary Frances Platt, Aviva Shmuckler, “Disability And Accessibility Cost Money!”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 13:
      I'm working in social services, but I'm also suffering from a lot of chronic pain and limitation. I can't really sit at my desk because I need to ambulate a lot.

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Latin

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Verb

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ambulāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ambulō

Participle

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ambulāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ambulātus

Spanish

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Verb

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ambulate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of ambular combined with te