English Dictionary: circumnavigate | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Circumnavigate \Cir`cum*nav"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumnavigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumnavigating}.] [L. circumnavigatus, p. p. of circumnavigare to sail round; circum + navigare to navigate.] To sail completely round. Having circumnavigated the whole earth. --T. Fuller. |