Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Perambulate \Per*am"bu*late\, v. i.
   To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in
   the park.

Perambulate \Per*am"bu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Perambulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perambulating}.] [L.
   perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to perambulate; per
   through + ambulare to walk. See {Per-}, and {Amble}.]
   To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the
   purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing;
   specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of
   a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.

Source : WordNet®

perambulate
     v 1: make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a
          property); "Selectmen are required by law to perambulate
          the bounds every five years"
     2: walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the
        garden"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park"
        [syn: {walk about}, {walk around}]