— circumnavigable /serr'keuhm nav"i geuh beuhl/ , adj. — circumnavigation , n. — circumnavigator , n. — circumnavigatory /serr'keuhm nav"i geuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj.
/serr'keuhm nav"i gayt'/ , v.t., circumnavigated, circumnavigating .
1. to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.
2. to go or maneuver around: to circumnavigate the heavy downtown traffic.
[ 1625-35; circumnavigatus (ptp. of circumnavigare ), equiv. to circum- CIRCUM- + navigatus; see NAVIGATE ]