Category:Navigate

Nav"i*gate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Navigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Navigating.] Etym: [l. navigatus, p.p. of navigare, v.t. & i.; navis Ship + agere to move, direct. See nave, and agent.]

Defn: 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.

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.