navigate--prophetes.ai

navigate, v.
  (ˈnævɪgeɪt)
  Also 7 navigat.
  [f. L. nāvigāt-, ppl. stem of nāvigāre to sail, sail over, f. nāvis ship + agĕre to drive, guide, etc.]
  1. intr. a. To go from one place to another in a ship or ships, to sail.

1588 Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 302 They beganne to set sayle to nauigate towardes the port. 1614 Sir R. Dudley in Fortescue Papers (Camden) 10 Thoughe they maye be able..to navigat to the West Indies. 1705 Arbuthnot Coins, etc. (1727) 218 The Phoenicians..navigated into the Ocean by the Straits of Gibraltar, established many Colonies. 1749 Chesterfield Lett. (1792) II. cciii. 272 In the Summer you may navigate as you please. 1821 Southey Exped. Orsua 176 We navigated eleven months, till we reached the mouth of the river.

b. To sail a ship.

1894 Daily Chron. 4 Aug. 3/5, I was the only one on board who could navigate.

c. U.S. To walk steadily; to keep on one's course.

1843 ‘J. Slick’ High Life (1844) I. vii. 109 It warn't no easy matter tu navigate so as not tu git a second ducking, for every nigger in York seemed to be out a washing winders. 1846 Spirit of Times 11 July 234/3 Well, by this time I began to think of navigating. 1881 R. T. Cooke Somebody's Neighbors 88 What are you navigating round me for? 1904 Sun (N.Y.) 9 Aug. 10 She was so drunk that she could barely navigate. 1908 G. H. Lorimer Jack Spurlock 117 While he could navigate successfully..he could only just stuttah. 1930 Randolph Enterprise (Elkins, W. Virginia) 13 Feb. 1/1 The fellow was..hardly able to navigate as he was carrying a heavy load of Prohibition poison.

2. trans. To sail over, on, or through (the sea, a river, etc.).

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 314 The River Oregliana..hath beene navigated 6000 miles. 1705 Arbuthnot Coins, etc. (1727) 272 Drusus..was the first who navigated the Northern Ocean. 1791 Cowper Odyss. x. 97 Six days we navigated, day and night, The briny flood. 1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 179 To send exploring parties on each side of the river, to ascertain whether it was possible to navigate it further. 1872 Yeats Techn. Hist. Comm. 21 The seas were navigated and islands visited by the aid of the earliest canoes.

fig. 1845 Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (1854) 130 The number of vehicles..which navigate the streets. 1898 Daily Chron. 15 Oct. 6/4 Can they navigate the Redistribution shallows?

3. a. To sail, direct, or manage (a ship).

1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 26 Nor must any English man navigate any English built ship..unless she be sailed by ³/₄ English at least. 1748 Anson's Voy. i. iii. (ed. 4) 38 Their great difficulty was to procure a sufficient number of hands to navigate her. 1758 J. Blake Plan Mar. Syst. 43 Want of hands to navigate his ships. 1813 Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1838) X. 600 The harbour boats at Passages being..all navigated by women. 1887 M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike iii, I know something about navigating a yacht.

b. transf. and fig.

1901 G. B. Shaw Capt. Brassbound's Conversion i. 215 Spiritually a little weatherbeaten, as having to navigate his creed in strange waters crowded with other craft. 1934 Dylan Thomas 18 Poems 12 Sleep navigates the tides of time.

c. absol. and transf. of a motor vehicle.

1965 I. Fleming Man with Golden Gun v. 67 Mary Goodnight had insisted on coming along, ‘to navigate and help with the punctures’. 1967 J. Caird Murder Scholastic viii. 93 Once they were in the car, David said: ‘I'll navigate. Turn left at the school gate’. 1967 L. Meynell Mauve Front Door ix. 117 We all piled into it [sc. the car]. Three of us in the front seat, Ray and Zena behind. Tessa navigated. 1971 ‘H. Howard’ Million Dollar Snapshot vii. 108 Zombie tossed me the keys. He said, ‘You drive, I'll navigate.’

4. Of vessels: a. intr. To sail; to ply.

1758 Goldsm. Mem. Protestant (1895) II. 185 Four half Galleys..were to be sent to Antwerp to navigate on the River Scheld. 1795 Phillips Hist. Inland Nav. Add. 114 Every boat which shall navigate only between Stainforth Lock and Hangman Hill. 1849–50 Alison Hist. Europe V. xxxiii. §4. 481 The superior power..can..make prize of all neutral vessels navigating to any of its harbours.

b. trans. To sail on or over (the sea, etc.).

1858 Hawthorne Fr. & It. Note-bks. (1872) I. 2 An..irregular motion, such as the British Channel generally communicates to the craft that navigate it. 1878 Markham Gt. Frozen Sea i. 4 Ships destined to navigate the icy seas.

5. trans. To convey (goods) by water. Also intr. of goods.

1795 Phillips Hist. Inland Nav. Add. 6 For all coal navigated between Milton Cross and Kington, six-pence per ton per mile. Ibid. 23 Coals, &c. passing this canal, and navigating on the Birmingham canal.

6. a. trans. To manage, direct, sail, or fly (a balloon, airship, aeroplane, or the like) in the air. Hence spec. to plot and supervise the course of (an aircraft or spacecraft).

1784 Universal Mag. LXXIV. p. ii, By imitating the action of..wings, sails, oars, and a rudder, we may be able to navigate a Globe [sc. a balloon] in any direction we please. 1877 Design & Work III. 603/1 To build it [sc. an airship] in England, and navigate it to Zanzibar. 1910 Blackw. Mag. July 5/1 The pilot of an aeroplane is almost wholly occupied with navigating his craft. Ibid. 13/2 If we can succeed..in building and in navigating a few score of serviceable dirigibles. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 43/1 Not only had the flying-boats on war service to be navigated but the pilot and observer had also to ‘navigate’ a bomb to its desired target. 1951 Oxf. Jun. Encycl. IV. 289/2 Aeroplanes are navigated first by careful planning before the flight, and then by an attempt to keep the course planned throughout the journey. 1958 C. C. Adams et al. Space Flight xiii. 326 Seven things must be known to properly navigate a ship [sc. a spaceship].

b. To travel or fly through (the air).

1901 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 207/2 Count Zeppelin's airship,..with a row of seventeen balloons inside, for navigating the air, has also pointed cigar-like ends. 1902 Ibid. July 479/2 In the meantime his efforts to navigate the air have, as a matter of course, resulted in the inauguration of many rival schemes. 1907 Cornh. Mag. May 609 Grotesque and fantastic schemes for navigating the air were put forward. 1927 C. L. M. Brown Conquest of Air 8 Stories of wizards and witches who navigated the upper air with the assistance of tubs and broomsticks.

Hence ˈnavigated ppl. a., ˈnavigating vbl. n. and ppl. a.

1739 C. Labelye Short Acc. Piers 72 Water enough for the working and navigating of Boats. 1751 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 398 The prospect is as fine as one destitute of a navigated river can be. 1860 Maury Phys. Geog. Sea xv. §624 The best navigated steam-ships do not sail closer than this. 1871 Daily News 1 Sept., While professional..critics are discussing whether the special class of navigating officers should be retained or abolished. 1950 M. Laski in Contact May–June 50/2, I must warn you, too, of the danger of letting navigating become an end in itself, of sitting with one's eyes glued to the map until it becomes a substitute for the country outside. 1966 ‘E. Peters’ Piper on Mountain iii. 51 He enjoyed driving, but to him navigating was a chore. 1971 Gloss. Electrotechnical, Power Terms (B.S.I.) iii. vi. 22 A radar navigating system. 1973 A. Ross Dunfermline Affair 103 Charlie drove, and I did the navigating.