Navigated

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nav⋅i⋅gate

[nav-i-geyt]

verb, -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.

2.	to direct or manage (a ship, aircraft, or guided missile) on its course.

3.	to ascertain or plot and control the course or position of (a ship, aircraft, etc.).

4.	to pass over (the sea or other body of water), as a ship does.

5.	to walk or find one's way on, in, or across: It was difficult to navigate the stairs in the dark.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to direct or manage a ship, aircraft, or guided missile on its course.

7.	to pass over the water, as a ship does.

8.	to walk or find one's way.

9.	to travel by ship or boat; sail.

Origin:
1580–90; < L nāvigātus, ptp. of nāvigāre to sail, deriv. of nāvis ship; for formation, see fumigate

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nav·i·gate (nāv'ĭ-gāt')

v. nav·i·gat·ed, nav·i·gat·ing, nav·i·gates

v. tr.

v. intr.

To control the course of a ship or aircraft.
To voyage over water in a boat or ship; sail.
1. To make one's way: navigated with difficulty through the crowd.
2. Informal To walk: He was too unsteady on his legs to navigate.

[Latin nāvigāre, nāvigāt- : nāvis, ship; see nāu- in Indo-European roots + agere, to drive, lead; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]

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