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circumnavigate

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US //ˌsɝkəmˈnævəˌɡeɪt// UK //sˌɜːkəmnˈævɪɡˌeɪt// cir·cum·nav·i·gate
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Borrowed from Latin circumnāvigātus, perfect passive participle of circumnāvigō (“sail round something, circumnavigate”), from circum (“about, around”) + nāvigō (“sail, navigate”), from nāvis (“ship”) + agō (“do”). By surface analysis, circum- + navigate.

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