aviate
[ ey-vee-eyt, av-ee- ]
/ ˈeɪ viˌeɪt, ˈæv i- /
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verb (used with or without object), a·vi·at·ed, a·vi·at·ing.
to fly or fly in an aircraft.
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Origin of aviate
First recorded in 1885–90; back formation from aviation
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Example sentences from the Web for aviate
But in the same sense there is an impulse to aviate, to run a typewriter or write stories for magazines.
Human Nature and Conduct|John DeweyIt is not quite clear in my mind even now why things in my immediate vicinity did not start to aviate.
Down the Yellowstone|Lewis R. Freeman"Now the next thing is for you to teach us all to aviate," laughed the southerner.
The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land|Gordon Stuart
British Dictionary definitions for aviate
aviate
/ (ˈeɪvɪˌeɪt) /
verb
to pilot or fly in an aircraft
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