navigate. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

navigate

SYLLABICATION:	nav·i·gate
PRONUNCIATION:	nv-gt
VERB:	Inflected forms: nav·i·gat·ed, nav·i·gat·ing, nav·i·gates
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To plan, record, and control the course and position of (a ship or aircraft). 2. To follow a planned course on, across, or through: navigate a stream.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To control the course of a ship or aircraft. 2. To voyage over water in a boat or ship; sail. 3a. To make one's way: navigated with difficulty through the crowd. b. Informal To walk: He was too unsteady on his legs to navigate.
ETYMOLOGY:	Latin nvigre, nvigt- : nvis, ship; see nu- in Appendix I + agere, to drive, lead; see ag- in Appendix I.


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