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View synonyms for aviate

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of aviate1

First recorded in 1885–90; back formation from aviation
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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