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单词 pedestrianate
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pedestrianatev.

Brit. /pᵻˈdɛstrɪəneɪt/, U.S. /pəˈdɛstriəˌneɪt/
Forms: 1800s pedestrinate, 1800s– pedestrianate.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pedestrian n., -ate suffix3.
Etymology: < pedestrian n. + -ate suffix3.
Now rare.
a. intransitive and † transitive (reflexive). To act as a pedestrian; to go or travel on foot; to walk (= pedestrianize v. 1).
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)]
treadc897
stepc900
goeOE
gangOE
walka1375
wanderc1380
foota1425
to take to footc1440
awalkc1540
trade1547
beat it on the hoof1570
pad1610
to be (also beat, pad) upon the hoofa1616
trample1624
to pad (also pad upon) the hoof1683
ambulate1724
shank1773
stump it1803
pedestrianize1811
pedestrianate1845
tramp it1862
ankle1916
1845 Whig Rev. Apr. 378/1 We would not enter in a match against Gildersleeve, Col. Stannard, Kit North, John Beal, or any body else who has pedestrianated himself into an Olympic crown.
1864 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 6 118/2 I have been pedestrinating through a corner of Oxfordshire.
1890 B. W. Richardson in Asclepiad 7 37 The poor wretches who have to pedestrinate slowly on.
1998 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 18 Mar. 9 The trolley buses would link the Field Museum..with the contemptible Museum of Contemporary Art just behind Water Tower Place, avoiding the CTA, city streets, city parks and pedestrianating over them.
b. transitive. To traverse on foot. Obsolete.
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1855 J. S. Adams Town & Country 19 Then through back lanes, seldom pedestrianated, and narrow passages, he wended his way.

Derivatives

peˈdestrianating n.
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1889 Sci. Amer. 29 June 402/2 The trial court had held that bicycling was a form of pedestrianating.
1989 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 2 Apr. (Sunday Mag.) 8 The mere fact of pedestrianating was considered suspicious when everyone knew that decent folks were safe at home in bed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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