pedestrianate

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verb

To travel by walking.

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Meanings

verbpedestrianate (third-person singular simple present pedestrianates, present participle pedestrianating, simple past and past participle pedestrianated)

present singular third person pedestrianates · participle present pedestrianating · participle past pedestrianated · past pedestrianated

  1. archaicintransitiveTo travel by walking.

    I did not pedestrianate in any lonely neighborhoods, but on well-traversed, public highways.

    1886, Ben Goodkind, Roughing it from California Through France, page 71
    1 more example

    Beginning now to entertain ideas of prudence, Wickham determined to pedestrianate, not being yet reduced to the vulgarity of hired cabs and coaches; […]

    1840, The Metropolitan, volume 28, page 438

Origin

From pedestrian + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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APA

pedestrianate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedestrianate

MLA

“pedestrianate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedestrianate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pedestrianate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedestrianate.

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