circumaviate
circumaviate verb: to fly all the way around (something, usually the Globe, the Earth).
Verb
circumaviate (third-person singular simple present circumaviates, present participle circumaviating, simple past and past participle circumaviated)
- To fly all the way around (something, usually the Globe, the Earth).
- "Around the World in Eighty Days" once had so much appeal to the imagination that Jules Verne wrote a novel about it. The latest proposal is to girdle the globe in three months in a flying machine. The practicability of such a flight is here discussed by an expert. Mr. Woodhouse is a member of the...1914 February 28, Henry Woodhouse, “Girdling the Globe by Motor-Driven Aircraft”, in Collier's, volume 52, number 24, page 13
- It is a question whether the glory of mankind can be added to or taken away from. I don't think any material achievement enhances it. If a man, or two men, or a hundred—for I had companions at various stages as in the transit of the Pacific—fly around the globe, mankind isn't thereby the more...1924, Grant Overton, The Thousand and First Night, George H. Doran Company, page 279
Examples of circumaviate in a sentence
- A map of the course of the race indicates that to circumaviate the globe will mean flights over mountains and deserts, through storms, and across seas.1914 February 28, Henry Woodhouse, “Girdling the Globe by Motor-Driven Aircraft”, in Collier's, volume 52, number 24, page 13:
- I circumaviate the globe and somewhere in a London slum a poor cripple takes heart of hope and tries to walk, for the first time, with the aid of crutches.1924, Grant Overton, The Thousand and First Night, George H. Doran Company, page 279:
- Americans with equipment completely American were the first to circumaviate the globe—Douglas planes from Santa Monica.1925 April, Will H. Hays, “Aerial Navigation: A Forceful Aid in Peaceful Commerce”, in Commerce Journal, volume 5, number 5, page 5:
Forms of circumaviate
| third-person singular present | circumaviates |
|---|---|
| present participle | circumaviating |
| past participle | circumaviated |
| past | circumaviated |
Origin of circumaviate
From circum- + aviate.
Questions about circumaviate
- What does circumaviate mean?
- Circumaviate means to fly all the way around (something, usually the Globe, the Earth).
- How do you use circumaviate in a sentence?
- A map of the course of the race indicates that to circumaviate the globe will mean flights over mountains and deserts, through storms, and across seas.
- What part of speech is circumaviate?
- Circumaviate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of circumaviate?
- The past tense of circumaviate is circumaviated.
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