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.]
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.
I love a sea voyage and a blustering
tempest.
J. Fletcher.
So steers the prudent crane
Her annual voyage, borne on winds.
Milton.
All the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Shak.
2. The act or practice of traveling.
[Obs.]
Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage
into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them.
Bacon.
3. Course; way. [Obs.] Shak.
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.
A mind forever
Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.
Wordsworth.
Voy"age, v. t. To travel; to pass over;
to traverse.
With what pain
[I] voyaged the unreal, vast, unbounded deep.
Milton.
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.]
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.
I love a sea voyage and a blustering
tempest.
J. Fletcher.
So steers the prudent crane
Her annual voyage, borne on winds.
Milton.
All the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Shak.
2. The act or practice of traveling.
[Obs.]
Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage
into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them.
Bacon.
3. Course; way. [Obs.] Shak.
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.
A mind forever
Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.
Wordsworth.
Voy"age, v. t. To travel; to pass over;
to traverse.
With what pain
[I] voyaged the unreal, vast, unbounded deep.
Milton.
