dictionary definitions for "voyage"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  voyage
      n 1: an act of traveling by water [syn: ocean trip]
      2: a journey to some distant place
      v : travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other
          means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" [syn:
          sail, navigate]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Voyage \Voy"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Voyaged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Voyaging.] [Cf. F. voyager.]
     To take a voyage; especially, to sail or pass by water.
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           A mind forever
           Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Voyage \Voy"age\ (?; 48), n. [OE. veage, viage, OF. veage,
     viage, veiage, voiage, F. voyage, LL. viaticum, fr. L.
     viaticum traveling money, provision for a journey, from
     viaticus belonging to a road or journey, fr. via way, akin to
     E. way. See Way, n., and cf. Convey, Deviate,
     Devious, Envoy, Trivial, Viaduct, Viaticum.]
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     1. Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in
        general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or
        water from one place, port, or country, to another;
        especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant
        place or country.
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              I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest. --J.
                                                    Fletcher.
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              So steers the prudent crane
              Her annual voyage, borne on winds.    --Milton.
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              All the voyage of their life
              Is bound in shallows and in miseries. --Shak.
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     2. The act or practice of traveling. [Obs.]
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              Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage
              into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them.
                                                    --Bacon.
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     3. Course; way. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Voyage \Voy"age\, v. t.
     To travel; to pass over; to traverse.
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           With what pain
           [I] voyaged the unreal, vast, unbounded deep. --Milton.
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