Peregrinate


[per-i-gruh-neyt] /ˈpɛr ɪ grəˌneɪt/

verb (used without object), peregrinated, peregrinating.
1.
to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot.
verb (used with object), peregrinated, peregrinating.
2.
to travel or walk over; traverse.
/ˈpɛrɪɡrɪˌneɪt/
verb
1.
(intransitive) to travel or wander about from place to place; voyage
2.
(transitive) to travel through (a place)
adjective
3.
an obsolete word for foreign
v.

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

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