Dictionary entry

Circumnavigate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cir′cum‐nav″i‐gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Circumnavigated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Circumnavigating (?).] [L. circumnavigatus, p. p. of circumnavigare to sail round; circum + navigare to navigate.] To sail completely round.

Having circumnavigated the whole earth.

T. Fuller.