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circumnavigate

cir·cum·na·vigate

UK/ˌsə.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ US/ˌsɝ.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

travel around, either by plane or ship

  • “We compassed the earth”
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Origin

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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