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perlustrate, v. Obs. exc. in techn. use.|pəˈlʌstreɪt| [f. ppl. stem of L. perlustrā-re to wander through, traverse completely, f. per- 1, 2 + lustrāre to traverse, survey, review, examine. Cf. obs. f. perlustrer (15–16th c. in Godef.).] trans. To travel through and view all over; to survey thoroughly. Also absol.
1535Boorde in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. II. 298 Sens my departyng from yow I haue perlustratyd Normandy, Frawnce, Gascony, and Leyon. 1691T. Jackson in Thoresby's Corr. (1832) I. 112 At nine also at night, they perlustrate to see that all the students be within the college. 1701Hawick Kirk Sess. Rec. 25 May, The elders who perlustrate y⊇ toun in time of public worship. 1891Oxford Mag. 6 May 320/1 The Curators of the Bodleian are once a year to perlustrate all parts of the Library. |