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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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"i*gate\,  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  navigate 
  v  1:  travel  by  boat  [syn:  {voyage},  {sail}] 
  2:  act  as  the  navigator  in  a  car  plane,  or  vessel  [syn:  {pilot}] 
  3:  travel  by  boat,  car  or  plane 




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