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Definition of circumnavigated : of Circumnavigate

Synonyms:

pirouetted, eddied, wheeled, rotated, twisted, screwed, gyrated, turned, revolved, circulated, whirled

Usage examples:

• The grey girl, Anisty, the jewels, himself: unflagging, his thoughts circumnavigated the world of his romance, touching only at these four ports, and returning always to linger longest in the harbor of sentiment. - "The Brass Bowl", Louis Joseph Vance.
• Every man, with the exception of the cook, who could be induced by no catastrophe to leave his pots and pans, and who had circumnavigated Asia and Europe perhaps without having been once on land, rushed on deck. - "The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II", A.E. Nordenskieold.
• Now that the north- eastern promontory of Asia has been at last circumnavigated, and vessels have thus sailed along all the coasts of the old world, I shall, before proceeding farther in my sketch of the voyage of the Vega, give a short account of the development of our knowledge of the north coast of Asia. - "The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II", A.E. Nordenskieold.