Definition of Aviate

1. Verb. Operate an airplane. "The pilot flew to Cuba"

Exact synonyms: Fly, Pilot
Category relationships: Air, Air Travel, Aviation, Aircraft
Generic synonyms: Control, Operate
Related verbs: Fly, Fly, Fly
Entails: Fly, Wing
Specialized synonyms: Fly Blind, Fly Contact, Solo, Test Fly, Jet, Glide, Hydroplane, Seaplane, Balloon, Flat-hat, Hedgehop, Hang Glide, Soar
Derivative terms: Aviation, Aviation, Aviator, Flier, Flyer, Flying, Pilot, Pilotage, Pilotage, Piloting, Piloting

Definition of Aviate

1. v. i. To fly, or navigate the air, in an aëroplane or heavier-than-air flying machine.

Definition of Aviate

1. Verb. To operate an aircraft. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aviate

1. to fly an aircraft [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aviate

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avian sarcoma virus
avian trichomoniasis
avian viral arthritis virus
avianise
avianize
avianized
avianizes
avianizing
avianlike
avians
aviaries
aviarist
aviarists
aviary
aviate (current term)
aviated
aviates
aviatic
aviating
aviation
aviation cruiser
aviation cruisers
aviation medicine
aviation otitis
aviations
aviator
aviator's disease
aviator's ear
aviators

Literary usage of Aviate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introductory Course in Japanese by Clay MacCauley (1906)
"... eva/a aviate ge ima lye get/so ide nasa/ta no yen, ii p5 ft Alto no sets/silas too ... yo I aviate we ..."

2. The Life of Lorenzo de Medici, Called the Magnificent by William Roscoe, Thomas Roscoe (1847)
"E '1 Conte e 1' Arcivescovo, che erano presenti, dissero : la Santità Vostra dice il vero ; che quando aviate Fiorenza in vostro arbitrio, ..."

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