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navigate(dictionary)

navigate (iou)



navigate verb. L16.
[Latin navigat- pa. ppl stem of navigare, from navis ship + -ig- comb. stem of agere drive: see -ATE3.]
verb intrans. Travel in a ship, sail. L16.
b. Walk steadily; keep on one's course. US slang. M19.
c. (Be competent to) sail a ship. L19.
verb trans. Sail on or across (the sea, a river, etc.). M17.
J. Yeats The seas were navigated and islands visited by the aid of..canoes.
b. verb trans. & intrans. transf. Make or find one's way across (an area of ground); colloq. steer (oneself, a course, etc.) through a crowd etc. M19.
P. Bowles It was always difficult to navigate the Zoco Chico with its groups of stationary talkers.
c. verb trans. Travel, fly through, (the air). E20.
a. verb trans. Sail, direct, manage, (a ship). L17.
M. E. Braddon I knew something about navigating a yacht. F. Chichester Navigating Stormvogel..to an anchorage near these rocks.
b. verb trans. Fly, manage, direct, (an aircraft, balloon, etc.). Now spec. plot and supervise the course of (an aircraft or spacecraft). L18.
c. verb intrans. Plot and supervise the course of a motor vehicle. M20.
J. Caird Once they were in the car, David said: 'I'll navigate Turn left at the school gate'.
verb intrans. Of a ship: sail, ply. M18.