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Webster 1913 Edition


Navigate

Nav′i-gate

,
Verb.
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
.]
1.
To journey 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.

Nav′i-gate

,
Verb.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Navigate

NAVIGATE

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To pass over in ships; to sail on ; as to navigate the Atlantic.
2.
To steer, direct or manage in sailing; as, to navigate a ship.

Definition 2024


navigate

navigate

English

Verb

navigate (third-person singular simple present navigates, present participle navigating, simple past and past participle navigated)

  1. (transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft etc on a journey; to follow a planned course.
    He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr.
  2. (intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail.
    We navigated to France in the dinghy.
  3. (intransitive, computing) To move from page to page on the internet or within a program by clicking on hyperlinks.
    It was difficult to navigate back to the home page.

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Esperanto

Adverb

navigate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of navigi

Italian

Verb

navigate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of navigare
  2. second-person plural imperative of navigare
  3. feminine plural of navigato

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Latin

Verb

nāvigāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of nāvigō

Participle

nāvigāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of nāvigātus