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sauntering


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Saunter  \Saun"ter\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sauntered};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Sauntering}.]  [Written  also  santer.]  [Probably  fr  F. 
  s'aventurer  to  adventure  (one's  self),  through  a  shortened 
  form  s'auntrer.  See  {Adventure},  n.  &  v.] 
  To  wander  or  walk  about  idly  and  in  a  leisurely  or  lazy 
  manner;  to  lounge;  to  stroll;  to  loiter. 
 
  One  could  lie  under  elm  trees  in  a  lawn,  or  saunter  in 
  meadows  by  the  side  of  a  stream.  --Masson. 
 
  Syn:  To  loiter;  linger;  stroll;  wander. 




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