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t. & i.; navis ship + agere to move,
direct. See Nave, and Agent.] To journey 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.

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.

Nav`i*ga"tion (?), n. [L.
navigatio: cf. F. navigation.] 1.
The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or
other vessels; the state of being navigable.

2. (a) the science or art of
conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including,
more especially, the method of determining a ship's position, course,
distance passed over, etc., on the surface of the globe, by the
principles of geometry and astronomy.

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