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astrogate

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[as-truh-gayt] / ˈæs trəˌgeɪt /

verb (used with or without object)

astrogated, astrogating
  1. to navigate in outer space.


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Etymology

Origin of astrogate

astro- + (navi)gate


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"Cripes—I'm not sure I can even astrogate to the Moon," Two-and-Two was heard to complain.

From The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. Gallun

Two measly weeks out, two weeks to astrogate her back home.

From Next Door, Next World by Robert Donald Locke

And now you come along and tell us that we can get him to astrogate us out to Tara!

From Danger in Deep Space by Louis Glanzman

With you to astrogate us, we may have a chance.

From Subspace Survivors by H. R. van Dongen

By virtue of being his own pilot, he was obliged to astrogate by rule-of-thumb and occasional directive spurts from the course-calculator.

From Deepfreeze by Robert Donald Locke

On the Med Ship there'd not been a single reference to Weald except as an object toward which the Med Ship was being astrogated.

From This World Is Taboo by Murray Leinster

Deck space, however, was at such a premium because of the controls, acceleration couches, and astrogating equipment that the hatch was the largest clear area.

From Satellite System by Horace Brown Fyfe

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