About The Word Circumnavigate

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Circumnavigate

Circumnavigate Meaning & Definition
Circumnavigate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Circumnavigate?

[v] travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Circumnavigate: compass

Related Terms | Find terms related to Circumnavigate: boat | bypass | canoe | carry sail | circle | circuit | circuiteer | circulate | circumambulate | circummigrate | circumvent | close the circle | coast | come full circle | compass | cross | cruise | cycle | describe a circle | detour | encircle | encompass | flank | girdle | girdle the globe | go about | go around | go by ship | go on shipboard | go round | go the round | go to sea | gyre | lap | make a circuit | make a passage | motorboat | navigate | orbit | ply | revolve | round | row | run | sail | sail round | sail the sea | scull | seafare | skirt | spiral | steam | steamboat | surround | take a voyage | traverse | voyage | wheel | yacht

See Also | circle

Circumnavigate In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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