Meaning of CIRCUMNAVIGATE
| Pronunciation: | | `surkum'navu`geyt
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| | Definition: | | [v] travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth" |
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| | Synonyms: | | compass |
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| | See Also: | | circle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | boat, bypass, canoe, carry sail, circle, circuit, circuiteer, circulate, circumambulate, circummigrate, circumvent, close the circle, coast, come full circle, compass, cross, cruise, cycle, describe a circle, detour, encircle, encompass, flank, girdle, girdle the globe, go about, go around, go by ship, go on shipboard, go round, go the round, go to sea, gyre, lap, make a circuit, make a passage, motorboat, navigate, orbit, ply, revolve, round, row, run, sail, sail round, sail the sea, scull, seafare, skirt, spiral, steam, steamboat, surround, take a voyage, traverse, voyage, wheel, yacht |
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