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Voyage
Definitions
- 1 A long journey, especially by ship.
"He went on a voyage to France."
- 2 a journey to some distant place wordnet
- 3 A written account of a journey or travel. archaic
"I cannot learn what his Name was, unleſs by the Inſcription of the Letters he ſent to the Pope, and to the French King in the Year 1688, mentioned in the ſecond Voyage of Father Tachard […]"
- 4 an act of traveling by water wordnet
- 5 The act or practice of travelling. obsolete
"[...] [A]ll Nations haue Enterknowledge one of another, either by Voyage into Forreine Parts, or by Strangers that come to them: [...]"
- 1 To go on a long journey. intransitive
"A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone."
- 2 travel on water propelled by wind or by other means wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English viage, borrowed from Anglo-Norman viage and Old French voiage, from Latin viaticum. The modern spelling is under the influence of Modern French voyage. Doublet of viaticum.
From Middle English viage, borrowed from Anglo-Norman viage and Old French voiage, from Latin viaticum. The modern spelling is under the influence of Modern French voyage. Doublet of viaticum.
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