ETYMOLOGY
from participle stem of Latin obambulare,
from ob- + ambulare (to walk)
EXAMPLE
“…Again, that al soules departed are in certaine receptacles vntill the generall iudgement, they do not obambulate and wander vp and downe, but remaine in places and states of happinesse or vnhappinesse, either in the hands of God, or in the Deuils prison…”
From: The Workes of John Boys
By John Boys, 1622
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