aviate

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: a=vi=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

aviate, v. t. & i. 

 fly an airplane.  [WordNet 1.5]

aviate, v. i. 

 To fly, or navigate the air, in an aëroplane or heavier-than-air flying machine.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

aviate, v.
1 intr. fly in an aeroplane.
2 tr. pilot (an aeroplane).

Etymology

back-form. f. AVIATION

ROGET THESAURUS

aviate

Navigation

VB sail, put to sea, take ship, get under way, set sail, spread sail, spread canvas, gather way, have way on, make sail, carry sail, plow the waves, plow the deep, plow the main, plow the ocean, walk the waters, navigate, warp, luff, scud, boom, kedge, drift, course, cruise, coast, hug the shore, hug the land, circumnavigate, ply the oar, row, paddle, pull, scull, punt, steam, swim, float, buffet the waves, ride the storm, skim, effleurer, dive, wade, fly, be wafted, hover, soar, flutter, jet, orbit, rocket, take wing, take a flight, take off, ascend, blast off, land, alight, wing one's flight, wing one's way, aviate, parachute, jump, glide.