NAVIGATE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To joirney 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. Arbuthnot.

2.
v.

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

3.
v.

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.


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