ambulate

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Last night, for instance, two men were proceeding (by the way the great point about being a soldier is that you never walk, run or otherwise ambulate--you proceed, or proceed at the double, which of course is much nicer for you)--yes, were proceeding, one at each end of an entanglement, along the top of a slope, when the leader missed his footing altogether and rolled down to the morass below.

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  1. intransitive verb To walk from place to place; move about.

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  • 'We are providing telemetry coverage and ensuring continuity of patient monitoring anywhere in the facility so that our patients can ambulate faster and clinicians can monitor patient vital signs.'
  • Smith & Nephew has released a new negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device specifically designed for people who want / need to ambulate. —  Medgadget
  • I give out more bottles in emergency than on the wards where patients are expected to ambulate as part of their treatment. —  Nursing Voices Forum – Meet other nurses, share your nursing knowledge and experiences
  • Last night, for instance, two men were proceeding (by the way the great point about being a soldier is that you never walk, run or otherwise ambulate--you proceed, or proceed at the double, which of course is much nicer for you)--yes, were proceeding, one at each end of an entanglement, along the top of a slope, when the leader missed his footing altogether and rolled down to the morass below. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 29, 1916
  • Her vulvar pain was so painful that it was difficult to ambulate. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
 

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  1. Latin ambulāre, ambulāt-, to walk; see ambhi in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin ambulatus, past participle of ambulare, walk, go about, perhaps for *ambibulare, from ambibulus, from ambi-, about (see ambi-), + *-bulus, perhaps connected with bitere, betere, go: see arbiter. The older English form is amble, q. v.
 

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