Navigated

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Navigate \Nav"i*gate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Navigated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Navigating}.] [L. navigatus, p. p. of navigare, v.t.
     & i.; navis ship + agere to move, direct. See {Nave}, and
     {Agent}.]
     1. To journey by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform
        the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway


        or channel for commerce or communication; to sail.
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              The Phenicians navigated to the extremities of the
              Western Ocean.                        --Arbuthnot.
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     2. To direct or operate a vehicle, especially a ship or
        aircraft.
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     3. To pass through, over, or around; -- used especially of a
        course having obstacles; as, to navigate around all the
        randomly scattered tables to the far side of the room.
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