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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Voyage

/voi'-əj/ · Voy·age · IPA /ˈvɔɪ.ɪd͡ʒ/
01 n. 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…
  1. 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. 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. 3.
    Course; way.[Obs.]
02 v. i. To take a voyage; especially, to sail or pass by water.
imp. & p. p. Voyaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Voyaging
  1. 1.
    To take a voyage; especially, to sail or pass by water.
    “A mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.” — Wordsworth.
03 v. t. To travel; to pass over; to traverse.
  1. 1.
    To travel; to pass over; to traverse.
    “With what pain [I] voyaged the unreal, vast, unbounded deep.” — Milton.