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astrogates

astrogates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of astrogate.

Meaning of astrogate

Verb

astrogate (third-person singular simple present astrogates, present participle astrogating, simple past and past participle astrogated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To astronavigate; to control and guide a spacecraft.
    • Sure, Mike was used to having many loads in trajectory at once—but had never had to astrogate more than one at a time. Now he had hundreds and had promised to deliver twenty-nine of them simultaneously to the exact second at twenty-nine pinpointed targets.1966, Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, New York: Ace, published 2018, Book 3, Chapter 25

Questions about astrogates

What is astrogates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Astrogates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of astrogate.

Words near astrogates in the dictionary

  1. astrofest
  2. astrofests
  3. astrogaloside
  4. astrogate
  5. astrogated
  6. astrogates
  7. astrogating
  8. astrogation
  9. astrogational
  10. astrogator
  11. astrogators

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