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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.
To sail round; to pass round by water; as, to circumnavigate the globe.