tourifyv.
/ˈtʊərɪfʌɪ/ colloquial.
intransitive. To make a tour; to tour.
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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > travel about or visit many places > tour
to go round1670
tour1789
tourify1820
tourize1837
1820 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. iii. 116 Dr. Nott..has been tourifying about Normandy.
Derivatives
tourifiˈcation n. a touring.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > tour
round1620
tour1642
giro1670
tourification1802
periegesis1820
1802 R. Couper (title) The Tourifications of Malachi Meldrum, Esq.
1819 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. iii. 71 Mr. Hofland is just now setting out on a tourification along the banks of the Seine.
ˈtourifying adj.
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1825 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 56 14 In this tourifying age.
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