Hypertext Webster Gateway: "navigate"
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) 1.7 (wn)
navigate
v 1: travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other
means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" [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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