roam, ramen, romen

i. & t. [Etym. doubtful. Skeat suggests a theoretical A. S. rámian (not found)=to stretch after; hence, to seek, to journey or rove about; cf. O. H. Ger. rámén, ráman =to aim at, to strive after. "It can hardly be doubted that the use of the word was largely and early influenced by the word Rome, on account of the frequent pilgrimages to it." ( Skeat.)] A. In trans.: To wander about without any definite purpose, object, or direction; to rove about, to ramble. B. Trans.: Τo range, to wander, to rove over. "Now she roams The dreary waste." Cowper: Task , i. 546. rōam, s. [ROAM, v.] The act of roaming, roving, or wandering; a ramble. "The boundle space, through which these rovers take Their restle roam ." Young: Night Thoughts , ix. rōam-er, s . [English roam , v.; -er.] One who roams or roves about; a rover, a wanderer, a va grant.