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peragrate, v. Now rare.|ˈpɛrəgreɪt| [f. L. peragrāt-, ppl. stem of peragrāre, f. per through + agrum field, country.] trans. To travel or pass through (a country, space, stage). Also fig.
1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 266 b, When he had peragrated all the worlde as ferre as any lande went. 1665Harvey Advice agst. Plague 10 The Pestilence..peragrates the four ordinary times:..First, the Commencement... Secondly, The Augment... Thirdly, The State... Fourthly, The Declination. 1890Sat. Rev. 11 Jan. 53/2 In such a book on such a subject, where the author is peragrating loca avia Pieridum, it is perhaps more difficult..to judge his handling. |