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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roam  \Roam\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Roamed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Roaming}.]  [OE.  romen,  ramen;  cf  AS  [=a]r?man  to  raise, 
  rise,  D.  ramen  to  hit,  plan  aim  OS  r?m?n  to  strive  after 
  OHG.  r[=a]men.  But  the  word  was  probably  influenced  by  Rome; 
  cf  OF  romier  a  pilgrim,  originally,  a  pilgrim  going  to 
  Rome,  It  romeo,  Sp  romero.  Cf  {Ramble}.] 
  To  go  from  place  to  place  without  any  certain  purpose  or 
  direction;  to  rove;  to  wander. 
 
  He  roameth  to  the  carpenter's  house.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Daphne  roaming  through  a  thorny  wood.  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  To  wander;  rove;  range;  stroll;  ramble. 




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