a. ? Obs. [a. Fr. ambilatif, -ive; f. L. ambulāt-um: see AMBULATE and -IVE.] Characterized by constant walking or motion.

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1543.  Traheron, Vigo’s Chirurg., II. vi. 21. Every Formica is ambulative, and not every one corrosyve.

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1611.  Cotgr., Ambulatif, ambulatiue, ever-walking.

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1657.  J. Cooke, Hall’s Cures, 237. [He] had the ambulative Gout.

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