aviate

[ ey-vee-eyt, av-ee- ]

verb (used with or without object)

, a·vi·at·ed, a·vi·at·ing.

1. to fly or fly in an aircraft.

aviate

/ ˈeɪvɪˌeɪt /

verb

1. to pilot or fly in an aircraft

Word History and Origins

Origin of aviate¹

First recorded in 1885–90; back formation from aviation

Example Sentences

But in the same sense there is an impulse to aviate, to run a typewriter or write stories for magazines.

From Project Gutenberg

It is not quite clear in my mind even now why things in my immediate vicinity did not start to aviate.

From Project Gutenberg

"Now the next thing is for you to teach us all to aviate," laughed the southerner.

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Related Words

• circle
• climb
• cross
• drift
• float
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• glide
• operate
• pilot
• reach
• rush
• sail
• shoot
• speed
• swoop
• take off
• travel