ambulate
verbUK /ˈæm.bjʊ.leɪt/ · US /ˈæm.bjuˌleɪt/
Etymology From Latin ambulatus, past participle of ambulō (“to walk, go about”). Doublet of amble.
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Formal To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
- For patients who can ambulate, a bedpan is usually not needed.
- Peter slowly ambulated to the bathroom, favoring his strained knee.
1 more example
- 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.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:
- Derived terms
- ambulative, perambulate, preambulate, reambulate
- Related terms
- ambi-, amble, ambulance, ambulant, ambulation, ambulator, ambulatory, circumambulate, deambulate, funambulate, somnambulate