circumnavigate

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin circumnāvigātus, perfect passive participle of circumnāvigō (sail round something, circumnavigate), from circum (about, around) + nāvigō (sail, navigate), from nāvis (ship) + agō (do). By surface analysis, circum- +‎ navigate.

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circumnavigate (third-person singular simple present circumnavigates, present participle circumnavigating, simple past and past participle circumnavigated)

  1. (transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
    Synonyms: compass, (obsolete) environ, go around, sail around
    We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.
  2. (transitive) To circumvent or bypass.
    Synonym: go around
    • 2006 July 9, “Magic month of memories”, in Times of London[1]:
      Rebel of the tournament: Saudi Arabia’s Malek Al Hawsawi, who circumnavigated Fifa’s ban on jewellery by keeping his ring in his mouth.
  3. (intransitive, sailing) To sail around the world.
    • 1992, Richard Henderson, Singlehanded Sailing, →ISBN, page 225:
      Patrick Childress, who solo circumnavigated on a Catalina 27 in 1982, stresses the value of eggs, which will keep at least six weeks if previously unrefrigerated and oiled with vegetable shortening.
    • 1997, Diana Jessie, The Cruising Woman's Advisor[2], →ISBN, page 30:
      Jack and Lura Francis, both fairly tall, circumnavigated on a Westsail 32.
    • 2004 March 10, Edward Gorman, “Van den Heede rewarded for perseverance”, in Times of London[3]:
      Chay Blyth was the first when he circumnavigated in British Steel in 292 days in 1970 in a voyage that some predicted would end in certain death.

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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circumnavigate

  1. inflection of circumnavigare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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circumnavigate f pl

  1. feminine plural of circumnavigato

Latin

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Verb

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circumnāvigāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of circumnāvigō