voyage
noun
- long-distance journey
verb
- take a long journey
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈvɔɪ.ɪd͡ʒ/ / /ˈvojɪd͡ʒ/ / /ˈvaɪd͡ʒ/
noun
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.
- 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.”
- A 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 […]”
- The 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: [...]”
verb
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.
- 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?”