About The Word Voyage
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Voyage
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What's The Definition Of Voyage?
[n] a journey to some distant place
[n] an act of traveling by water [v] travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" Synonyms | Synonyms for Voyage: navigate | ocean trip | sail Related Terms | Find terms related to Voyage: See Also | astrogate | crossing | cruise | cruise | journey | journey | journeying | sail | seafaring | space travel | spacefaring | spaceflight | travel | water travel Voyage In Webster's Dictionary \Voy"age\ (?; 48), n. [OE. veage, viage, OF. veage,
viage, veiage, voiage, F. voyage, LL. viaticum, fr. L.
viaticum traveling money, provision for a journey, from
viaticus belonging to a road or journey, fr. via way, akin to
E. way. See {Way}, n., and cf. {Convey}, {Deviate},
{Devious}, {Envoy}, {Trivial}, {Viaduct}, {Viaticum}.]
1. Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in
general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or
water from one place, port, or country, to another;
especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant
place or country.
I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest. --J.
Fletcher.
So steers the prudent crane Her annual voyage, borne
on winds. --Milton.
All the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows
and in miseries. --Shak.
2. The act or practice of traveling. [Obs.]
Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage
into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them.
--Bacon.
3. Course; way. [Obs.] --Shak.
\Voy"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Voyaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Voyaging}.] [Cf. F. voyager.] To take a voyage; especially, to sail or pass by water. A mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone. --Wordsworth. \Voy"age\, v. t. To travel; to pass over; to traverse. With what pain [I] voyaged the unreal, vast, unbounded deep. --Milton. |
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