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Webster 1913 Edition
Circumnavigate
Cirˊcum-nav′i-gate
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Circumnavigate
CIRCUMNAVIGATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
circumnavigate
circumnavigate
English
Verb
circumnavigate (third-person singular simple present circumnavigates, present participle circumnavigating, simple past and past participle circumnavigated)
- (transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
- We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.
- (transitive) To circumvent or bypass.
- (intransitive, sailing) To sail around the world.
- 1992, Richard Henderson, Singlehanded Sailing, ISBN 0070281645, page 225:
- Patrick Childress, who solo circumnavigated on a Catalina 27 in 1982, stresses the value of eggs, which will keep at least six weeks if previously unrefrigerated and oiled with vegetable shortening.
- 1997, Diana Jessie, The Cruising Woman's Advisor, ISBN 0070319812, page 30:
- Jack and Lura Francis, both fairly tall, circumnavigated on a Westsail 32.
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Synonyms
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Translations
to sail completely around something
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to sail around the world
Italian
Verb
circumnavigate
- second-person plural present indicative of circumnavigare
- second-person plural imperative of circumnavigare
- feminine plural of circumnavigato