D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

aviate

· IPA /ˈeɪvieɪt/
01 v. t. & i. fly an airplane.
  1. 1.
    fly an airplane.
Syn. fly, pilot.
02 v. i. To fly, or navigate the air, in an aëroplane or heavier-than-air flying machine.
imp. & p. p. Aviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Aviating
  1. 1.
    To fly, or navigate the air, in an aëroplane or heavier-than-air flying machine.[Colloq.]