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AVIATE

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a⋅vi⋅ate

  [ey-vee-eyt, av-ee-]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to fly or fly in an aircraft.
Origin:
1885–90; back formation from aviation
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a·vi·ate   (ā'vē-āt', āv'ē-)   
intr.v.   a·vi·at·ed, a·vi·at·ing, a·vi·ates
To operate an aircraft; fly.

[Back-formation from aviation.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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