[ˈnavɪɡeɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- plan and direct the course of a ship, aircraft, or other form of transport, especially by using instruments or maps
(e.g: they navigated by the stars)

- sail or travel over (a stretch of water or terrain), especially carefully or with difficulty
(e.g: ships had been lost while navigating the narrows)


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Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘travel in a ship’): from Latin navigat- ‘sailed’, from the verb navigare, from navis ‘ship’ + agere ‘drive’