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/nˈævəgˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Navigate v. t.

To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate the Atlantic.

To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship.

To pass through, over, or around; used especially of a course having obstacles; as, to navigate all the randomly scattered tables to the far side of the room.

Navigate v. i. (past & past part. navigated; pres. part. navigating)

To journey by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or communication; to sail. "The Phenicians navigated to the extremities of the Western Ocean."

To direct or operate a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft.

To pass through, over, or around; used especially of a course having obstacles; as, to navigate around all the randomly scattered tables to the far side of the room.

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Etymology of 'Navigate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Navigate" Quotes from Famous Books

... them, carrying anchors and cables to guide and arrest their course. The navigation of a raft down the Rhine to Dort, in Holland, which is the place of their destination,[4] is a work of great difficulty. The skill of the German and Dutch pilots who navigate them, in spite of the abrupt turnings, the eddies, the currents, rocks and shoals that oppose their progress, must indeed be of a very peculiar kind, and can be possessed but by few. It requires besides a vast deal of manual labour. The whole complement ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 264, July 14, 1827 • Various

... km; most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels with drafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate ...

— The 1996 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... river, which entered as a shallow mountain torrent, rushed out, wonderfully augmented, to tear northward in a series of wild rapids, which would need all the strength and courage of the travellers to navigate ...

— To Win or to Die - A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze • George Manville Fenn

... bends to the river just below the Florida town, and with that swift current it was difficult to navigate around these places successfully. By degrees, of course, Frank expected to become more familiar with both the engine and the only way these things could be successfully met. He was always wide-awake, and ...

— The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf • Captain Quincy Allen

... were informed could soonest be got ready for sea was a Sicilian brig, and this vessel my friend accordingly engaged. The best dock-yard artisans that could be got were set to work, and the smartest captain and crew to be picked up on an emergency in Naples were chosen to navigate the brig. ...

— The Queen of Hearts • Wilkie Collins

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