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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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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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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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