navigate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: navigate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
navigate v travel on water propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" Synonym(s): voyage, sail, navigate act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?" Synonym(s): navigate, pilot direct carefully and safely; "He navigated his way to the altar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Navigate \Nav"i*gate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Navigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Navigating}.] [L. navigatus, p. p. of navigare, v.t. & i.; navis ship + agere to move, direct. See {Nave}, and {Agent}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Navigate \Nav"igate\, v. t. 1. To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate* the Atlantic. 2. 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.