单词 | pedestrianate |
释义 | pedestrianatev. Now rare. a. intransitive and † transitive (reflexive). To act as a pedestrian; to go or travel on foot; to walk (= pedestrianize v. 1). ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 1855 J. S. Adams Town & Country 19 Then through back lanes, seldom pedestrianated, and narrow passages, he wended his way. Derivatives peˈdestrianating n. ΚΠ 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). < v.1845 |
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