navigated

Variant of navigate

intransitive verb navigated, navigating

  1. to steer, or direct, a ship or aircraft
  2. Informal to make one's way; walk
  3. Rare to travel by ship

Origin: < L navigatus, pp. of navigare, to sail < navis, a ship (see navy) + agere, to lead, go (see act)

transitive verb

  1. to travel through or over (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft
  2. to steer or direct (a ship or aircraft)
  3. to plot the course for (a ship or aircraft)
  4. Informal to walk or make one's way on or through
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