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voyage definition

voy·age (vo̵i′ij)

noun

  1. a relatively long journey or passage by water or, formerly, by land
  2. a journey by aircraft or spacecraft
  3. a written account of a voyage

Etymology: ME viage < OFr veiage, voyage < LL viaticum, a journey < L, traveling money, provision for a journey < viaticus, of a journey < via, way, journey: see via

intransitive verb voyaged -·aged, voyaging -·ag·ing

to make a voyage; travel

transitive verb

to sail or travel over or on

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