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itinerate [ahy-tin-uh-reyt, ih-tin-] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for itinerate on Thesaurus.com verb (used without object), i·tin·er·at·ed, i·tin·er·at·ing.
- to go from place to place, especially in a regular circuit, as a preacher or judge.
Origin of itinerate 1590–1600; Late Latin itinerātus, past participle of itinerārī to travel, equivalent to Latin itiner- (stem of iter) journey (see iter) + -ātus -ate1 Related formsi·tin·er·a·tion, noun Related Words for itinerate peripatetic, wandering, pastoral, nomadic, roving, itinerant, mobile, vagrant, migrant, wayfaring, vagabond, stray, fly-by-night, rambling, down-and-out, mendicant, unsettled, transient, moving, roaming Examples from the Web for itinerate Historical Examples of itinerate
Blessed be God, I have been strengthened to itinerate and preach daily for some time.
Joseph Belcher
He did not itinerate so largely as most of the great Welsh preachers.
Paxton Hood
My work at present is evidently to translate; hereafter I may itinerate.
Henry Martyn Saint and Scholar
George Smith
What’s happened to you, since you used to itinerate with the Iroquois Extract of Life?
Samuel Hopkins Adams
In 1789 he quitted the seafaring life, and commenced to itinerate for subscribers to enable him to publish his poems.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V.
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British Dictionary definitions for itinerate itinerate verb
- (intr) to travel from place to place
Derived Formsitineration, noun Word Origin and History for itinerate v.
c.1600, from Late Latin itineratus, past participle of itinerare “to travel” (see itinerant). Especially “to travel from place to place preaching” (1775). Related: Itinerated; itinerating.