piloted

Verb

pilot (third-person singular simple present pilots, present participle piloting, simple past and past participle piloted)

1. (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
   • I have visited more than half a dozen carrier training facilities, spent over 150 hours on jumpseats, piloted a Lockheed 1011 from MIA to LAX, visited numerous towers, rapcons, and centers, and discussed our commercial Air Transport System with everyone involved.1975, John H. Reed, Transportation Safety Board, Safety Information, page 30

   Synonyms:

   aviate

2. (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
3. (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
4. To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
   • One of the Midland Lines' Birmingham R.C.W. Type 2 diesels, No. D5403, made the debut of its class in the Manchester area on July 28 when it appeared in the early hours on freight; after four days in the area it left for the south piloting B.R./Sulzer Type 4 diesel No. D88 on the 2.25 Manchester...1962 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region: Midland Lines”, in Modern Railways, page 279
5. (transitive) To guide or conduct (a person) somewhere.
   • Thus it came about that, three days later, I descended from the train at Styles St. Mary, an absurd little station, with no apparent reason for existence, perched up in the midst of green fields and country lanes. John Cavendish was waiting on the platform, and piloted me out to the car.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 7

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