pera

a. [ L. peracutus. See Per-, and Acute. ] Very sharp; very violent; as, a peracute fever. [ R. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & conj. [ OE. per aventure, F. par aventure. See Per, and Adventure. ] By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. “If peradventure he speak against me.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city. Gen. xviii. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. perai^os on the opposite side + -pod. ] (Zool.) One of the thoracic legs of a crustacean. See Illust. of Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. peragratus, p. p. of peragrate. ] To travel over or through. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. peragratio: cf. F. peragration. ] The act or state of passing through any space; as, the peragration of the moon in her monthly revolution. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Perambulated p. pr. & vb. n. Perambulating. ] [ L. perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to perambulate; per through + ambulare to walk. See Per-, and Amble. ] To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line. [ 1913 Webster ]