voyage

nounverbcommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈvojɪd͡ʒ//
//ˈvɔɪ.ɪd͡ʒ//
//ˈvaɪd͡ʒ//

A long journey, especially by ship.

noun

1
A long journey, especially by ship.
He went on a voyage to France.
There is a Tide in the affayres of men, / Which taken at the Flood, leades on to Fortune: / Omitted, all the voyage of their life, / Is bound in Shallowes, and in Miſeries.
I love a Sea voyage and a bluſtring tempeſt; [...]
"And as their valour, so you trow, defied on aspe'rous voyage cruel harm and sore, so many changing skies their manhood tried, such climes where storm-winds blow and billows roar[.]"
2
archaicA written account of a journey or travel.
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 […]
By the various Relations, Embaſſies and Voyages of Siam that have been publiſht within theſe laſt Four Years […]
3
obsoleteThe act or practice of travelling.
[...] [A]ll Nations haue Enterknowledge one of another, either by Voyage into Forreine Parts, or by Strangers that come to them: [...]

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.

verb

1
To go on a long journey.
A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.
O soul, voyagest thou indeed on voyages like those? / Disportest thou on waters such as those?

Forms

plural: voyages
past tense: voyaged
past participle: voyaged
present participle: voyaging
third person singular: voyages

vouch · To call on (someone) to be a witness to something.vow · A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a…vowed · Undertaken in accordance with a vow; solemnly promised.

voyage · A long journey, especially by ship.

voyager · A person who voyages, traveller, a person who explores new…vP · A phrase headed by little v.Vs · Stall speed.

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