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Definition of Circumnavigate
1. Verb. Travel around, either by plane or ship. "We compassed the earth"
Definition of Circumnavigate
1. v. t. To sail completely round.
Definition of Circumnavigate
1. Verb. (transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To circumvent or bypass. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive sailing) To sail around the world. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Circumnavigate
1. [v -GATED, -GATING, -GATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumnavigate
Literary usage of Circumnavigate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Chronological History of the Origin and Development of Steam Navigation by George Henry Preble, John Lipton Lochhead (1883)
"Steamship to Circumnavigate the Globe, 1842—United States Steamship Princeton,
the First Screw Steam War-vessel, 1843—11. M. Ship Rattler, the Second Screw ..."
2. Herodotus by Herodotus, William Beloe (1830)
"... as I have hefore related, the Egyptian prince despatched the Phoenicians to
circumnavigate Libya. After this voyage Darius subdued the Indians, ..."
3. Quizzism and Its Key: Quirks and Quibbles from Queer Quarters, a Melange of by Albert Plympton Southwick (1896)
"What were the first American vessels to circumnavigate the globe ? The ship
Columbia, Captain Gray, and sloop Washington, which sailed from Boston for the ..."
4. Maritime Discovery: A History of Nautical Exploration from the Earliest Times by Charles Rathbone Low (1881)
"... from the Mouth of the Indus to the River Karoon—Eudoxus'attempt to circumnavigate
Africa—Early trading ventures to the Indian Ocean—Travellers' Stories ..."
5. The American Merchant Marine: Its History and Romance from 1620 to 1902 by Winthrop Lippit Marvin (1902)
"... the "Columbia" and "Lady Washington" — Furs for China and Tea for Home—First
to circumnavigate the Globe — The "Columbia's" Second Venture — Her Meeting ..."
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