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    [Verb]  | "cir*cum*nav*i*gate" | \ ˌsər-kəm-ˈna-və-ˌgāt \


    1: to go completely around especially by water; also : to go around instead of through : bypass


    Origin: 1634 ;

     Latin circumnavigatus, past participle of circumnavigare to sail around, from circum- + navigare to navigate;

    [Verb]  | "circumnavigated" 


    1: to travel completely around;


      * e.g., " ... the first ship to circumnavigate the globe "



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    2: to avoid by going around;


      * e.g., " ... we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit "



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    [Verb]  | "circumnavigate" 


    1: to travel completely around;


      * e.g., " ... the first ship to circumnavigate the globe "



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    2: to avoid by going around;


      * e.g., " ... we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit "



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     [ "circumnavigate" ]

    1: To have sex on every continent, hence to cir-cum-navigate.

      * e.g.,  ... Finally! My wife and I have always wanted to circumnavigate the Earth. We finally took this cruise to Antarctica, and when they finally let us off we did it! The best part is you can just finish anywhere and no one will notice because everything's all white. 

     [ "ethical circumnavigation" ]

    1: describes the process of maliciously circumnavigating, or "going around" an ethical dilemma.

      * e.g.,  ... By redefining certain citizens as "Undesirables", Adolf Hitler practiced ethical circumnavigation. 

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