Meaning & use
Aviated
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Flew or piloted an aircraft; operated a plane in flight.
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He aviated for the airline for over twenty years before retiring.
The pioneering pilot aviated across the Atlantic in a small single-engine plane.
A note on using this word
"Aviate" is a back-formation from "aviation," itself from Latin "avis" (bird).
Words with a similar meaning
flewpiloted
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