Hypertext Webster Gateway: "circumnavigate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Circumnavigate \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

circumnavigate
v : travel around, either by plane or ship: "We compassed the
earth" [syn: {compass}]


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