voyagen.

Brit.

/ˈvɔɪ(ᵻ)dʒ/, U.S.

/ˈvɔɪ(ɪ)dʒ/

Forms: α. Middle English veage, 1500s Scottish weage ( wewage, weavage), 1600s Scottish veadge; Middle English veiage, Middle English, 1500s veyage (1500s Scottish wey-); Middle English–1500s vaiage, Middle English, 1500s Scottish, vayage, Middle English–1500s Scottish wayag(e; Middle English (1800s dialect) vage, Middle English vaig, 1700s–1800s northern, 1800s Scottish vaige, 1800s dialect vayge, Scottish vae(d)ge. β. Middle English–1700s (1800s dialect) viage (Middle English uiage, viagge, 1500s viadge, viegde), Middle English–1500s vyage (Middle English uyage); Middle English Scottish wiage, Middle English–1500s wyage. γ. Middle English–1600s voiage (1500s voiadge, 1600s voige), Middle English– voyage (1500s voyaige, 1600s voyadge); ScottishMiddle English woyage, 1500s wo(v)age, 1600s woag.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French veage, veiage, vayage, and voiage, -aige, voage , vouaige (French voyage ), = Provençal viatge , Spanish viage , Portuguese viagem , Italian viaggio < Latin viāticum provision for a journey, viaticum n.

1. An act of travelling (†or transit), a journey (†or passage), by which one goes from one place to another (esp. at a considerable distance).

a. In the phrases to take or make (a, the, or one's) voyage. Now rare.In early use including travel by sea as well as by land; for quotations in which the nautical sense is clear see 4b.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey

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foundOE

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to come upOE

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to fare a waya1400

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to fare a voyage1609

to journey itc1680

to take one's foot in one's hand1755

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(a)

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4920 + 85 Cadwal in Yrlonde ys ost ȝarkede vaste & vorþ toward þys lond þe veage nome.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 8 He hath himself conformed..To schape and take the viage Homward.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1262 Seint Ambroses legende seith, how he Ones to Rome-ward took his viage.

c1440 Generydes 226 Now to this lady lete vs turne ageyn, Whiche to Surry hath take hir viage.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiv. 117 He his viage [1489 Adv. wiage] soyne has tane, And straucht toward the plas is gane.

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 43 Thei..toke their viage toward Rome, destroying all thinges on everie side.

1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. iv. sig. H.i The consuls toke then their viage to invade Carthage.

1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 76^v We must take our voyage on foote the space of forty dayes by the waters side.

1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. To take a Viage, reysen.

(b)1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3746 To helle þou makyst þy vyage.c1325 Metr. Hom. 54 I mac mi vaiage, Til sain Jam in pilgrimage.c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxiv. 152 It schuld be a lang tyme are þat vaiage ware made.1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope viii To make better theyr vyage they were sworne eche one to the other that none of them bothe should leue other.1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xxix. sig. Lviij^v A marchaunt man, maketh farre vyages and great iorneys..for worldly and transytory gayne.1579 Poore Knight's Pallace Private Pleasures (Roxb.) B iij This is shee..whom once within the Lake, I shewed vnto Robinson, as our viage wee did make.1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. vii. 27 And Hercules to Calidon a Desmall viage makes.1861 R. Noel in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 467 A voyage I made by a very unfrequented path from Cæsarea to Nazareth.

b. In other contexts. Now rare.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun]

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α.

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 532 Swith, he sayd, wendes with me, Whoso wil that wonder se... Thar was none so litel page That he ne was fayn of that vayage.

1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 12 To Romes Court the way thay held on richt. Thir seuin Maisters thair veyage passing on, [etc.].

1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 631 Bot if we get our voyage won, thay sall not than our Cherrie cun.

1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk 195 Mains of Puddleweal sent his carts on a weekly ‘vaege’ to the burgh of Innerebrie to fetch his supplies of lime.

β. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 90 He went þat viage To William þe rede kyng, þer he was in Wales.c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) ii. xli. 46 Theyr iourney was fully adetermyned and theyr vyage endyd.c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 792 That ech of yow to shorte with oure weye In this viage shal tellen tales tweye.c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xxxvi. 140 He thowte to visite þe holy londe,..and he ordeynid þerefore and made al thinge redy for his viage.1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iv. 108 Hit is a fowle thynge..whan a man is at ende of his Iourney for to lengthe his viage.1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. 80 Latumo and his wiffe Tanaquill war passand in ane chariot, with þar gudis tursit with þame in þare viage.1552 T. Barnabe Let. 1 Oct. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 197 As for the realme of France besyde, I ought to knowe yt, for I have ben xxviij viages in France in poste for the Kings Majestie.1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 14 It seemed sore to trot al afoote ouer the Pyrenees and Alpes, and huge long viages at smal ease in their armour.a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 85 (note) I humbly desire your H. to thinke that the ocasion of my stay hear is nott for any dislike of the viage.γ. 1527 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 204 I have declared unto Your Grace the successes of al such thinges, as have chaunced in my voyage.1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. i [It was resolved] that for the more suretie of his voyage, he shoulde returne by Sea.1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 133 For as much as..the travellers are forced to rest all the day long, therefore twelve daies are set down for the whole voiage betweene Coptus and Berenice.1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. ii. 285/1 Such as hauing vowed their voiage and seruice for Ierusalem, wore continually vpon their backes a red Crosse.1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. xv. 32 Jesus took an Account of the first legation and voyage of his Apostles.1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 147 Upon the mountains we passed over this voyage, we found a great number of plants we had not before met with.1745 R. Pococke Descr. East II. 101 The pasha was lately returned from his voyage towards Mecca.1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi ii. 178 I conceive that to be beneath the serious consideration of a man on a voyage of such a nature.1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 2 Sept. 605 The utmost extent of her voyages [from home] had been about two and a half miles!1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. ii. 28 I was just beginning to hope for an easy voyage, when Toodla and the Big Yellow gave way nearly together.in extended use.1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits iv. 38 If Galen had considered the demeanure and voiages of the Ant..he would haue taken astonishment to see a beast so little endewed with so great sagenesse.

†c. A pilgrimage. Obsolete.

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society > faith > worship > pilgrimage > [noun] > a pilgrimage

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pelerinagec1300

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voyagec1485

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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > pilgrimage

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c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 224 Men, yat makis vowis of viagis for the lufe of god.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vii. 155 How the kynge Charlemagne made a vyage to saynte Iames in Galice.

1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle (Roxb.) P 4 He came towarde y^e kynge and sayd to hym that he dyde owe a vyage to Saynt Iames, and that he muste nedes do it withouten ony companye.

†d. Without article: Travel, travelling. Obsolete.

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society > travel > [noun]

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gangOE

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journeyingc1330

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gate-going?1555

thorough-faring?1575

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fidging1604

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locomotion1759

itinerating1770

passing1821

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trooping1888

1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis (1650) 11 All Nations have Enter~knowledge of one another, by Voyage into Forraigne Parts, or by Strangers that come to them.

†2.

a. A journey or expedition undertaken with a military purpose; a warlike enterprise or undertaking; a march against an enemy. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > expedition

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voyage1297

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α.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4509 Þo was þe king arþure vol of sorwe & sore..Þe veage toward Rome he bileuede vor þis cheance.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8079 Sulue wimmen ne bileuede þat hii ne wende þuder vaste, Ne ȝong folc þei hii feble were, þe wule þe veage [= crusade] ilaste.

1491–2 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 102 Yt is so that the Kings grace hath appoynted my lord to wayt upon his grace, now at this his noble vage into France.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xxi. 215 Þai..bad þame pas fordwart..with gude werde, þat þe end of þare vayage mycht be respondent to þare begynnyng.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 337 Cardinal Ægedie is sent frome Pape Honorie to Scotland, Legat, to require a gret soume of money..to helpe the veyage to Hierusalem.

β. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 315 To Scotland now he fondes to redy his viage, With þritti þousand Walsh redy at his banere.a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 5075 A morowe þe kyng & his baronage Wenten forþ in her viage.a1450 Knt. de la Tour 51 It happed that..the squier come from a uiage that he hadde ben atte.1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 17 [He] had a gret discomfiture at the bataile of Agincourt..at his first viage.1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 207 His spek discomfort thame all sua, That thai had left haill that viage [1489 Adv. wyage], Na war a knycht of gret corage.a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 204 Al this forsaydyn hostynges, viages, and trauaill done and fufillid weryn in lytill more space than thre Monthes.a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clv. f. lxxxiiii Longe it were to tell all the circumstaunce of this vyage, & victoryes of the same.1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 23 Thys yere the kynge made a grete army into Scotland by hys brother the duke of Glocester, in the wyche viage he wane Barwike.1590 L. Lloyd First Pt. Diall of Daies 31 Mar. Scotus saith that he was slaine in his viage against the Parthians.γ. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xv. 15 The kyng sent..a great ambassade to syr Iohn of Heynaulte, praying hym..to kepe company with hym in his voiage agaynste the Scottis.c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 3 The longinquite of his martial voyaige, ande the grite forse of the oriental pepil.1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 97^v Sesostris dying,..hys sonne..vnder~tooke no voyage of warre, but remayned quiet in his kingdome.1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. D4 If you be a souldier, talke how often you haue beene in action: as the Portingale voyage Cales voiage, the Iland voiage.1613–8 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. in Wks. (Grosart) IV. 193 Godfrey of Bouillon..was the first that offered vp himselfe to this Famous Voyage.1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xi. 235 The Simeonites second voiage against the Amalekites in mount Seir.

†b. In the phrase to make (or do) a voyage. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (intransitive)] > expedition

to make (or do) a voyagea1387

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 89 Mithridates..helde þe kyngdom þre and fourty ȝere, in þe whiche tyme he dede many viage, and many faire victories hadde.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 118 The knycht Fenweik, conwoide the caryage, He had on Scottis maid mony schrewide wiage.

1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. b.iiii Achabe kyng of Israell, whan he entended to make a viage and to take by force the countrey..of Ramoth Galaade.

1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. Notes f. 24 ^v In the great voyage Edward the second made against the Scots, at the battell at Striueling [etc.].

1686 in Miscellanea Curiosa (Royal Soc.) (1707) III. 179 The Emperour of China made a Voyage into Eastern Tartary, in the beginning of this Year 1682.

†c. voyage royal n. an expedition undertaken by a king in person. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > expedition

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voyage1297

journeyc1380

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hosteyingc1425

expedition1430

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herefare1626

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. viii^v Whan the kyng maketh a voyage royall into Scotlande for to subdue the Scottes.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxlviij Euen now his [sc. Edward IV's] Feuer tercian, of the whiche he had languished sore, sithe his voyage royall into Fraunce, was sodainly turned into a vncurable quartain.

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 99 More to be dreaded for their..furious incursions, then..that they are able to raise, or vndertake any voyage royall.

1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 44 For his [sc. Richard II's] first voyage in the eighteenth yeare of his raigne (which was indeed a Voyage-Royall) was made vpon another motiue.

1690 (title) The Royal Voyage; or, the Irish Expedition.

†3.

a. An enterprise, undertaking, or adventure of a private character (in early use implying the making of a journey). Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > [noun] > an undertaking > private

voyagec1374

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 732 Ek diane I the biseke That this viagge be nat to the loth.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 353 This worthi kniht of his corage Hath undertake the viage.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 535 Þen þenkkeȝ Gawan ful sone Of his anious uyage.

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 2511 I am meved of pite,..þat ȝe of volunte..List take on ȝow þis merveillous viage.

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) lii. 198 Madame, yf your wyll be, I shall gladli tak this vyage in hande, and I shall neuer rest noo where tyl that I haue founde blanchardyn.

1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. iv. 59 Sum vncouth vaiage I purpoisit prepare, Bot not sa vncouth as was preparit for me.

1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. lxxxiii. 266 b Takyng in hand an easie viage towardes thine ende.

1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. F I thinke I fight with a familiar, or the Ghost of a fencer, Sh'has wounded me gallantly, call you this a letcherous viage?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. i. 171 If hee should intend this voyage toward my wife, I would turne her loose to him.

†b. In the phrase to do (or make) a voyage. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)] > a private enterprise

to do (or make) a voyagec1374

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 75 He..caste and knew in goode plyte was þe moone To doon viage and take his way ful sone Vnto his neces paleys ther bysyde.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 804 Y for-bed hem..fro þenne þay ne scholde go, Or ich hadde sum viage done & til hem come a-geyn.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxx^v If thou drede suche iangleres thy viage to make: vnderstande wel [etc.].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. iv. 155 If you make your voyage vpon her, and giue me directly to vnderstand, you haue preuayl'd, I am no further your Enemy.

a. A journey by sea or water from one place to another (usually to some distant place or country); a course or spell of sailing or navigation, spec. one in which a return is made to the starting-point; a cruise.Arising from contextual uses of senses 1, 2, and clearly separable from these only after the Middle English period. For the phr. †bon(e), boun, boon voyage see boon adj. 2.

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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > a voyage

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α.

c1310 St. Brendan 152 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 224 ‘Wendeþ forþ a-godes name: þat þis veyage were ido!’ Seint Brendan & his breþeren to schipe wende anon.

1555 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 495/1 That nane..cary ony victuallis talloun or flesche..except samekill at salbe thair necessare victualling for thair veyage.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 121 The skipper of the schip..said ‘God send ws better handsell and mair forder in our wayage.’

1641 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1870) V. 494/2 Ane impost..of tuo shilling scottes to be payed vpoun the tune of all shipes and vesshellis..be Natiues and four shillingis money foir~said to be payed be straingeres for ilke veadge.

1784 Bishoprick Garl. (1906) 52 There was a poor little lad that had come a trial vaige to sea.

1887 J. M. E. Saxby Lads of Lunda (1888) 123 I don't think there will be much done at the haaf this vaige.

β. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8840 When he wyste why þat he cam [to Ireland], & so fer viage for stones nam, He scorned þem on his langage.c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) Prol. 4 It is longe tyme passed, that ther was no generalle Passage ne Vyage over the See.1442 Rolls of Parl. V. 60/2 [That] noon of the seid vesselles..attendyng to the same viage, be arrested for any viage of oure Souverain Lord ye King.1492 Act. Dom. Conc. (1839) 275 Þe proffitis & dewiteis..of þe said auchtane parte of a hale Raiss in zeland..and als of half a danskin viage.1506 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 206 To Thomas Hathowy to furnis the Kingis schip in the Northland the secund viage, for tymir.1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. i. 2 They that fare by Sea, they are caried away in the shypps, and feele not howe, and many tymes are at their viage ende before they be ware.1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1369/1 For want of vittels and other necessaries (needfull in so long a viage)..[he] was inforced to set saile and returne for England.1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 5 The Portugales whose viages beyond the cape of Good Hope..are more true then in reason likely.γ. 1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 25 Paid..to John Cappe..after the said voiage into the parties of Lumbardie..for the stopping of lekes & castyng Balast.1598 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. Pref. sig. **2 There they shall read of Godredus the sonne of Olauus his voiage to the king of Norway.1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. vii. 126 This Northwest-passage is a long voyage, and hath bin for a long time sought.1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 12 The Navigation of the World (specially for remote Voiages) was greater then at this day.1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 923 Where the Spanish Negotiation was short and safe, it enticed Seamen, by their good will, to avoid long Voyages.1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson Introd. sig. c3 A Voyage round the World promises a species of information, of all others the most desirable and interesting.1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 346 Those who had set sail five months before, were not in the least farther advanced in their voyage, than those who waited for the favourable wind.1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 165 Ships were sent out to different seas, and had prosperous voyages.1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Voyage, a journey by sea. It usually includes the outward and homeward trips, which are called passages.1903 F. T. Bullen Sea Wrack 310 (note) The round trip from home back to home again constitutes the ‘voyage’, all the port to port journeys are ‘passages’.figurative.1864 R. Browning James Lee in Dramatis Personæ 18 With whom began Love's voyage full-sail.

b. In the phrases to take or make a voyage. Cf. 1a. Also transferred.

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society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > make a voyage

to take or make a voyagec1400

voyage1604

(a)

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) Pref. 2 Wald Godd þat þer werldly lordes ware at gude accorde, and..wald take þis haly viage ouer þe see.

1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 12 The said king Edward..tooke his vyage to Cane withe xij^c shippis.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 10 Thir men of weir tuk vayage and sailled to Scotland.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 233 Quhen S. Columba did sayl in Yrland, thay to the Jle of Jon tuik thair vaiage.

1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 37 Fifty wreaths of smoke From fifty censers their light voyage took To the high roof.

(b)14.. Sir Beues (O.) 388 Ouer they made gode viage. The sayll they drew, the wynd was good.1475 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 387 We..purpose..incontinent þerupon, as winde and weder wol serue, to make our viage into France.?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. C.iii For yf I myȝt make .iii. good vyages to Shoters hyl..Than wolde I neuer trauell the see more.c1580 in Eng. Hist. Rev. July (1914) 518 This viadge ys to be made in 3 wekes yf winde and wether sarve.1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 87 Cnute king of England about this time made a viage to Denmarke.1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. i. 139 In five Voyages made before that way, [I] knew by Experience there is a Current.1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) ii. clxxix. 25 It is a full Commission By which he made this voyage.

†c. A (single or return) passage or trip on a canal-boat. Obsolete.

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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > a voyage > short voyage or trip > on a canal

voyage1775

1775 Ann. Reg. 1774 145 From Manchester to Warrington..the third cabbin 1 s for the passage or voyage upon the canal.

1805 Z. Allnutt Consider. on Navigation Thames 15 The Toll of 4d per Ton a Voyage on all Barges. A Voyage, is a Trip to London and back again, being two Passages.

d. A flight through the air (or through space); esp. a trip in a balloon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun]

gate1340

voyage1667

volation1755

society > travel > air or space travel > [noun] > a flight through air or space

voyage1726

flight1786

maiden flight1917

run1941

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 431 So stears the prudent Crane Her annual Voiage, born on Windes.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 24 It was about Ninety Leagues distant, and our Voyage lasted four Days and an Half.

1786 V. Lunardi Acct. Five Aerial Voy. Scotl. 30 After a most delightful and glorious voyage of 46 miles, 36 over the water and 10 over land.

1826 Mechanics' Mag. 6 285/2 An aerial voyage, remarkable for its duration, was accomplished at Paris on the 19th of September, 1784.

1860 Chambers's Encycl. I. 646/2 Before they [sc. fire-balloons] became obsolete, several remarkable voyages were made in them.

1893 R. S. Ball Story of Sun 290 The Earth in its annual voyage round the sun.

e. spec. In marine insurance: (see quot. 1848).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > a voyage > in a prescribed course

voyage1848

1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance I. i. xii. 333 The voyage insured.., a technical term, which must be carefully distinguished from the actual voyage of the ship,..is a transit at sea from the terminus a quo to the terminus ad quem in a prescribed course of navigation..which is never set out in any policy.

f. voyage of discovery (discovery n. 1), in figurative use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > an instance or act of > planned or organized

job1679

put-up job1812

plant1825

voyage of discovery1857

sting1930

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > tour > types of

the tour1642

grand tour1678

circular tour1860

swing1860

tourette1881

voyage of discovery1890

roundabout1894

Cook's tour1902

conducted1907

conducted tour1907

book tour1939

tour d'horizon1952

1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue Voyage of discovery, going out stealing.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 227 After a voyage of discovery round the yard at full speed, [the cattle] return..into the lane.

5. Used figuratively (in senses 1 or 4) to denote the course of human life (or some part of it), or the fate of persons after death.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > course or span of life

life-dayOE

year-daysOE

timeOE

dayOE

lifeOE

life's timeOE

livelihoodOE

yearOE

lifetimea1300

life-whilea1300

for (also to) term of (a person's) lifea1325

coursec1384

livingc1390

voyage1390

agea1398

life's dayc1425

thread1447

racea1450

living daysc1450

natural life1461

lifeness1534

twist1568

leasec1595

span1599

clew1615

marcha1625

peregrination1653

clue1684

stamen1701

life term1739

innings1772

lifelong1814

pass-through1876

inning1885

natural1891

life cycle1915

puff1967

the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > that which is ordained by fate > personal destiny or one's lot > fate after death

voyage1390

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 326 Fourtiene yer sche was of Age, Whan deth hir tok to his viage.

1423 Kingis Quair xv As the schip that sailith stereles,..So standis thou here..And wantis that suld gyde all thy viage.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 98 Cristallyne water to hym so comfortable. Al his viage bothe in breede and lengthe.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dv Man receyueth by grace, all thynges expedient and necessary for hym in his viage and pilgrimage.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 175/2 Y^t much more special assistence of god with his christen churche in their spiritual viage.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) vi. 345 Blocks and stones our ghostly enemies cast in the narrow way that leadeth to heaven, to hinder our voyage.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 272 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.

1697 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife v. 73 So, Now I am in for Hobs's Voyage; a great Leap in the Dark.

?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. vi. 60 And what I say to Papists I say to all Protestants, if you like to be Priest-ridden, farewel—a good Voyage to you.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 205 Among our fellow-lodgers at Berwick, was a couple from London, bound to Edinburgh, on the voyage of matrimony.

1779 W. Cowper Human Frailty 17 Bound on a voyage of awful length,..A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab ix. 119 Fear not then, Spirit, death's disrobing hand..'Tis but the voyage of a darksome hour.

1877 Ld. Tennyson Sir J. Franklin 3 And thou..Art passing on thine happier voyage now Toward no earthly pole.

†a. The navigation of a particular sea-route; the course or route (to be) taken by a ship. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > course

ship ren1297

course1553

route?1568

voyage1581

caping1595

wakec1595

run1688

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 1087 Vnder y^e name of Tharsis (as some think) is signified some sea y^t was farre of, and whose voiage was very long.

1694 W. King Animadversions Pretended Acct. Danmark i. 7 Any Sea-man, who is acquainted with that Voyage will tell you, that he would ten times rather venture amongst the Rocks of Norway in a Storm, than the Sands of England.

1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 111 The Mate being unacquainted with the Voyage and declaring himself to be so, shall nevertheless be obliged to remain with the Ship, if the Master requires it.

b. A vessel as fitted out for sailing.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > vessel as fitted out for sailing

voyage1828

1828 J. Kent Comm. Amer. Law III. xlvii. 164 When the voyage is ready, the master is bound to sail as soon as the wind and tide permit.

c. Whaling. (See quot. 1859.)

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > profit to be shared > share of profits > of fishing or whaling expedition

lay1850

voyage1859

liver money1897

stocker1904

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 497 Voyage, among whalers, each man calls his share of the proceeds of the cruize, which he receives instead of wages, his voyage.

d. The quantity of fish taken in one trip or by one boat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fish to be caught or as catch > [noun] > catch of fish

draughta1387

waithing1488

hale1572

tack1596

take1626

catch1792

haul1854

taking1855

fare1884

strike1887

voyage1897

shack1904

1897 Clay & Co. Company Prospectus The daily arrival of vessels with voyages of live and fresh fish... The Pontoon where the voyages are landed from the vessels and sold.

7. A written account of a voyage, a book describing a voyage (or journey).From the frequent use of the word in the titles of narratives of voyages.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun]

itinerary1483

peregrination1548

travels1579

voyage1587

itinerario1588

journal1600

trip1712

itinerarium1747

logbook1791

tour1812

log1825

travel document1892

travelogue1898

1587 Hakluyt (title) A Notable Historie, containing foure Voyages, made by Certaine French Captaines into Florida.

1699 W. Hacke (title) A Collection of Original Voyages.

1704 A. Churchill & J. Churchill (title) A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Some now first Printed from Original Manuscripts.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 21 Those of the same kind, which have been collected in the following Voyage, exhibit no regular difference from each other.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 284 The most authentic traditions of Historians, which I found in great numbers in the Voyages of Pausanias into Greece.

1877 B. Quaritch Catal. 1476 De Bry's Collection of Voyages to the East and West Indies.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

voyage-writer n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun] > action of writing > one who

voyage-writer1705

travel writer1711

tour-writer?1764

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 165 I shall say nothing of the Via Flaminia, which has been describ'd by all the Voyage-Writers that have pass'd it.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 330 The manners of Mankind doe not differ so widely as our voyage Writers would make us beleive.

1757 S. Foote Author i. 11 Except Peter Hasty the Voyage-writer, he was as great a Loss to the Trade as any within my Memory.

C2.

† voyage food n. Obsolete = viaticum n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > consumables > eucharistic elements > bread > [noun] > given to the dying

viaticum1562

voyage provision1562

journal1610

voyage foodc1610

viands1615

c1610–15 Life St. Cuthburge in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 78 After that she had receiued her holie Viaticum or voiage foode..she departed this life.

† voyage provision n. Obsolete = viaticum n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > consumables > eucharistic elements > bread > [noun] > given to the dying

viaticum1562

voyage provision1562

journal1610

voyage foodc1610

viands1615

1562 Apol. Priv. Masse (1850) 11 Their viaticum, as it is termed in the old canons, that is to say, their voyage~provision.

1565 T. Harding Answere to Iuelles Chalenge ix. 123 So it be reuerently kepte for the viage prouision for the sicke, no catholike man will maineteine strife for the maner and order of keping.

voyage policy n. (see quot.).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance policy > specific types of policy

fire policy1737

valued policy1737

life policy1751

wagering policy1766

wager policy1766

time policy1808

wager-insurance1824

voyage policy1848

ppi1895

floater1900

maintenance contract1915

death futures1993

1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance I. i. ii. §1. 19 A voyage policy is one in which the limits of the risk are designated in the policy by specifying a certain place at which the voyage is to begin.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	voyage
释义	voyagen. Brit. /ˈvɔɪ(ᵻ)dʒ/, U.S. /ˈvɔɪ(ɪ)dʒ/ Forms: α. Middle English veage, 1500s Scottish weage ( wewage, weavage), 1600s Scottish veadge; Middle English veiage, Middle English, 1500s veyage (1500s Scottish wey-); Middle English–1500s vaiage, Middle English, 1500s Scottish, vayage, Middle English–1500s Scottish wayag(e; Middle English (1800s dialect) vage, Middle English vaig, 1700s–1800s northern, 1800s Scottish vaige, 1800s dialect vayge, Scottish vae(d)ge. β. Middle English–1700s (1800s dialect) viage (Middle English uiage, viagge, 1500s viadge, viegde), Middle English–1500s vyage (Middle English uyage); Middle English Scottish wiage, Middle English–1500s wyage. γ. Middle English–1600s voiage (1500s voiadge, 1600s voige), Middle English– voyage (1500s voyaige, 1600s voyadge); ScottishMiddle English woyage, 1500s wo(v)age, 1600s woag. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French veage, veiage, vayage, and voiage, -aige, voage , vouaige (French voyage ), = Provençal viatge , Spanish viage , Portuguese viagem , Italian viaggio < Latin viāticum provision for a journey, viaticum n. 1. An act of travelling (†or transit), a journey (†or passage), by which one goes from one place to another (esp. at a considerable distance). a. In the phrases to take or make (a, the, or one's) voyage. Now rare.In early use including travel by sea as well as by land; for quotations in which the nautical sense is clear see 4b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey ferec950 foundOE sitheOE to come upOE comeOE undernimc1275 to take or make (a, the, or one's) voyage1297 travelc1300 journeyc1330 to take one's waya1375 reisea1387 to fare a waya1400 voyage1477 wayfare1534 peregrinate1593 sojourn1608 to fare a voyage1609 to journey itc1680 to take one's foot in one's hand1755 stroke1823 trek1850 peruse1895 (a) 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4920 + 85 Cadwal in Yrlonde ys ost ȝarkede vaste & vorþ toward þys lond þe veage nome. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 8 He hath himself conformed..To schape and take the viage Homward. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1262 Seint Ambroses legende seith, how he Ones to Rome-ward took his viage. c1440 Generydes 226 Now to this lady lete vs turne ageyn, Whiche to Surry hath take hir viage. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiv. 117 He his viage [1489 Adv. wiage] soyne has tane, And straucht toward the plas is gane. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 43 Thei..toke their viage toward Rome, destroying all thinges on everie side. 1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. iv. sig. H.i The consuls toke then their viage to invade Carthage. 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 76^v We must take our voyage on foote the space of forty dayes by the waters side. 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. To take a Viage, reysen. (b)1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3746 To helle þou makyst þy vyage.c1325 Metr. Hom. 54 I mac mi vaiage, Til sain Jam in pilgrimage.c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxiv. 152 It schuld be a lang tyme are þat vaiage ware made.1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope viii To make better theyr vyage they were sworne eche one to the other that none of them bothe should leue other.1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xxix. sig. Lviij^v A marchaunt man, maketh farre vyages and great iorneys..for worldly and transytory gayne.1579 Poore Knight's Pallace Private Pleasures (Roxb.) B iij This is shee..whom once within the Lake, I shewed vnto Robinson, as our viage wee did make.1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. vii. 27 And Hercules to Calidon a Desmall viage makes.1861 R. Noel in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 467 A voyage I made by a very unfrequented path from Cæsarea to Nazareth. b. In other contexts. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] forec900 wayOE farec1000 sitheOE gangOE journey?c1225 gatea1300 pilgrimagec1300 voyage1338 wending1340 raik?c1350 turna1400 repairc1425 went1430 reisea1450 progressionc1450 progressa1460 race1513 peregrination1548 travel1559 passance1580 dogtrot1856 trek1895 ulendo1921 α. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 532 Swith, he sayd, wendes with me, Whoso wil that wonder se... Thar was none so litel page That he ne was fayn of that vayage. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 12 To Romes Court the way thay held on richt. Thir seuin Maisters thair veyage passing on, [etc.]. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 631 Bot if we get our voyage won, thay sall not than our Cherrie cun. 1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk 195 Mains of Puddleweal sent his carts on a weekly ‘vaege’ to the burgh of Innerebrie to fetch his supplies of lime. β. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 90 He went þat viage To William þe rede kyng, þer he was in Wales.c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) ii. xli. 46 Theyr iourney was fully adetermyned and theyr vyage endyd.c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 792 That ech of yow to shorte with oure weye In this viage shal tellen tales tweye.c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xxxvi. 140 He thowte to visite þe holy londe,..and he ordeynid þerefore and made al thinge redy for his viage.1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iv. 108 Hit is a fowle thynge..whan a man is at ende of his Iourney for to lengthe his viage.1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. 80 Latumo and his wiffe Tanaquill war passand in ane chariot, with þar gudis tursit with þame in þare viage.1552 T. Barnabe Let. 1 Oct. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 197 As for the realme of France besyde, I ought to knowe yt, for I have ben xxviij viages in France in poste for the Kings Majestie.1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 14 It seemed sore to trot al afoote ouer the Pyrenees and Alpes, and huge long viages at smal ease in their armour.a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 85 (note) I humbly desire your H. to thinke that the ocasion of my stay hear is nott for any dislike of the viage.γ. 1527 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 204 I have declared unto Your Grace the successes of al such thinges, as have chaunced in my voyage.1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. i [It was resolved] that for the more suretie of his voyage, he shoulde returne by Sea.1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 133 For as much as..the travellers are forced to rest all the day long, therefore twelve daies are set down for the whole voiage betweene Coptus and Berenice.1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. ii. 285/1 Such as hauing vowed their voiage and seruice for Ierusalem, wore continually vpon their backes a red Crosse.1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. xv. 32 Jesus took an Account of the first legation and voyage of his Apostles.1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 147 Upon the mountains we passed over this voyage, we found a great number of plants we had not before met with.1745 R. Pococke Descr. East II. 101 The pasha was lately returned from his voyage towards Mecca.1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi ii. 178 I conceive that to be beneath the serious consideration of a man on a voyage of such a nature.1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 2 Sept. 605 The utmost extent of her voyages [from home] had been about two and a half miles!1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. ii. 28 I was just beginning to hope for an easy voyage, when Toodla and the Big Yellow gave way nearly together.in extended use.1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits iv. 38 If Galen had considered the demeanure and voiages of the Ant..he would haue taken astonishment to see a beast so little endewed with so great sagenesse. †c. A pilgrimage. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > pilgrimage > [noun] > a pilgrimage pilgrimagec1275 pelerinagec1300 peregrinage1340 station?c1430 voyagec1485 peregrinationa1500 roomerya1613 society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > pilgrimage pilgrimagec1275 pelerinagec1300 voyagec1485 roomerya1613 yatra1912 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 224 Men, yat makis vowis of viagis for the lufe of god. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vii. 155 How the kynge Charlemagne made a vyage to saynte Iames in Galice. 1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle (Roxb.) P 4 He came towarde y^e kynge and sayd to hym that he dyde owe a vyage to Saynt Iames, and that he muste nedes do it withouten ony companye. †d. Without article: Travel, travelling. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] yongc950 gangOE goinga1250 walka1300 journeyingc1330 travela1400 progressionc1450 wayfarec1450 travelling1489 wayfaring1536 gate-going?1555 thorough-faring?1575 faring1594 fidging1604 voyaging1611 voyage1626 winning1651 locomotion1759 itinerating1770 passing1821 trekking1850 trooping1888 1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis (1650) 11 All Nations have Enter~knowledge of one another, by Voyage into Forraigne Parts, or by Strangers that come to them. †2. a. A journey or expedition undertaken with a military purpose; a warlike enterprise or undertaking; a march against an enemy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > expedition ferdingc1000 voyage1297 journeyc1380 hosting1422 armyc1425 hosteyingc1425 expedition1430 voyage royal1528 expedit1613 herefare1626 α. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4509 Þo was þe king arþure vol of sorwe & sore..Þe veage toward Rome he bileuede vor þis cheance. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8079 Sulue wimmen ne bileuede þat hii ne wende þuder vaste, Ne ȝong folc þei hii feble were, þe wule þe veage [= crusade] ilaste. 1491–2 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 102 Yt is so that the Kings grace hath appoynted my lord to wayt upon his grace, now at this his noble vage into France. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xxi. 215 Þai..bad þame pas fordwart..with gude werde, þat þe end of þare vayage mycht be respondent to þare begynnyng. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 337 Cardinal Ægedie is sent frome Pape Honorie to Scotland, Legat, to require a gret soume of money..to helpe the veyage to Hierusalem. β. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 315 To Scotland now he fondes to redy his viage, With þritti þousand Walsh redy at his banere.a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 5075 A morowe þe kyng & his baronage Wenten forþ in her viage.a1450 Knt. de la Tour 51 It happed that..the squier come from a uiage that he hadde ben atte.1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 17 [He] had a gret discomfiture at the bataile of Agincourt..at his first viage.1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 207 His spek discomfort thame all sua, That thai had left haill that viage [1489 Adv. wyage], Na war a knycht of gret corage.a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 204 Al this forsaydyn hostynges, viages, and trauaill done and fufillid weryn in lytill more space than thre Monthes.a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clv. f. lxxxiiii Longe it were to tell all the circumstaunce of this vyage, & victoryes of the same.1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 23 Thys yere the kynge made a grete army into Scotland by hys brother the duke of Glocester, in the wyche viage he wane Barwike.1590 L. Lloyd First Pt. Diall of Daies 31 Mar. Scotus saith that he was slaine in his viage against the Parthians.γ. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xv. 15 The kyng sent..a great ambassade to syr Iohn of Heynaulte, praying hym..to kepe company with hym in his voiage agaynste the Scottis.c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 3 The longinquite of his martial voyaige, ande the grite forse of the oriental pepil.1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 97^v Sesostris dying,..hys sonne..vnder~tooke no voyage of warre, but remayned quiet in his kingdome.1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. D4 If you be a souldier, talke how often you haue beene in action: as the Portingale voyage Cales voiage, the Iland voiage.1613–8 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. in Wks. (Grosart) IV. 193 Godfrey of Bouillon..was the first that offered vp himselfe to this Famous Voyage.1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xi. 235 The Simeonites second voiage against the Amalekites in mount Seir. †b. In the phrase to make (or do) a voyage. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (intransitive)] > expedition to make (or do) a voyagea1387 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 89 Mithridates..helde þe kyngdom þre and fourty ȝere, in þe whiche tyme he dede many viage, and many faire victories hadde. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 118 The knycht Fenweik, conwoide the caryage, He had on Scottis maid mony schrewide wiage. 1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. b.iiii Achabe kyng of Israell, whan he entended to make a viage and to take by force the countrey..of Ramoth Galaade. 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. Notes f. 24 ^v In the great voyage Edward the second made against the Scots, at the battell at Striueling [etc.]. 1686 in Miscellanea Curiosa (Royal Soc.) (1707) III. 179 The Emperour of China made a Voyage into Eastern Tartary, in the beginning of this Year 1682. †c. voyage royal n. an expedition undertaken by a king in person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > expedition ferdingc1000 voyage1297 journeyc1380 hosting1422 armyc1425 hosteyingc1425 expedition1430 voyage royal1528 expedit1613 herefare1626 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. viii^v Whan the kyng maketh a voyage royall into Scotlande for to subdue the Scottes. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxlviij Euen now his [sc. Edward IV's] Feuer tercian, of the whiche he had languished sore, sithe his voyage royall into Fraunce, was sodainly turned into a vncurable quartain. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 99 More to be dreaded for their..furious incursions, then..that they are able to raise, or vndertake any voyage royall. 1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 44 For his [sc. Richard II's] first voyage in the eighteenth yeare of his raigne (which was indeed a Voyage-Royall) was made vpon another motiue. 1690 (title) The Royal Voyage; or, the Irish Expedition. †3. a. An enterprise, undertaking, or adventure of a private character (in early use implying the making of a journey). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > [noun] > an undertaking > private voyagec1374 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 732 Ek diane I the biseke That this viagge be nat to the loth. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 353 This worthi kniht of his corage Hath undertake the viage. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 535 Þen þenkkeȝ Gawan ful sone Of his anious uyage. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 2511 I am meved of pite,..þat ȝe of volunte..List take on ȝow þis merveillous viage. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) lii. 198 Madame, yf your wyll be, I shall gladli tak this vyage in hande, and I shall neuer rest noo where tyl that I haue founde blanchardyn. 1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. iv. 59 Sum vncouth vaiage I purpoisit prepare, Bot not sa vncouth as was preparit for me. 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. lxxxiii. 266 b Takyng in hand an easie viage towardes thine ende. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. F I thinke I fight with a familiar, or the Ghost of a fencer, Sh'has wounded me gallantly, call you this a letcherous viage? a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. i. 171 If hee should intend this voyage toward my wife, I would turne her loose to him. View more context for this quotation †b. In the phrase to do (or make) a voyage. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)] > a private enterprise to do (or make) a voyagec1374 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 75 He..caste and knew in goode plyte was þe moone To doon viage and take his way ful sone Vnto his neces paleys ther bysyde. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 804 Y for-bed hem..fro þenne þay ne scholde go, Or ich hadde sum viage done & til hem come a-geyn. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxx^v If thou drede suche iangleres thy viage to make: vnderstande wel [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. iv. 155 If you make your voyage vpon her, and giue me directly to vnderstand, you haue preuayl'd, I am no further your Enemy. View more context for this quotation 4. a. A journey by sea or water from one place to another (usually to some distant place or country); a course or spell of sailing or navigation, spec. one in which a return is made to the starting-point; a cruise.Arising from contextual uses of senses 1, 2, and clearly separable from these only after the Middle English period. For the phr. †bon(e), boun, boon voyage see boon adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > a voyage farec1000 voyagec1310 ship-roada1400 shipping1483 race1513 navigationa1527 sailing1535 sea-fare1601 sea-voyage1612 saila1616 perfretation1656 watery1697 α. c1310 St. Brendan 152 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 224 ‘Wendeþ forþ a-godes name: þat þis veyage were ido!’ Seint Brendan & his breþeren to schipe wende anon. 1555 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 495/1 That nane..cary ony victuallis talloun or flesche..except samekill at salbe thair necessare victualling for thair veyage. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 121 The skipper of the schip..said ‘God send ws better handsell and mair forder in our wayage.’ 1641 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1870) V. 494/2 Ane impost..of tuo shilling scottes to be payed vpoun the tune of all shipes and vesshellis..be Natiues and four shillingis money foir~said to be payed be straingeres for ilke veadge. 1784 Bishoprick Garl. (1906) 52 There was a poor little lad that had come a trial vaige to sea. 1887 J. M. E. Saxby Lads of Lunda (1888) 123 I don't think there will be much done at the haaf this vaige. β. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8840 When he wyste why þat he cam [to Ireland], & so fer viage for stones nam, He scorned þem on his langage.c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) Prol. 4 It is longe tyme passed, that ther was no generalle Passage ne Vyage over the See.1442 Rolls of Parl. V. 60/2 [That] noon of the seid vesselles..attendyng to the same viage, be arrested for any viage of oure Souverain Lord ye King.1492 Act. Dom. Conc. (1839) 275 Þe proffitis & dewiteis..of þe said auchtane parte of a hale Raiss in zeland..and als of half a danskin viage.1506 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 206 To Thomas Hathowy to furnis the Kingis schip in the Northland the secund viage, for tymir.1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. i. 2 They that fare by Sea, they are caried away in the shypps, and feele not howe, and many tymes are at their viage ende before they be ware.1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1369/1 For want of vittels and other necessaries (needfull in so long a viage)..[he] was inforced to set saile and returne for England.1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 5 The Portugales whose viages beyond the cape of Good Hope..are more true then in reason likely.γ. 1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 25 Paid..to John Cappe..after the said voiage into the parties of Lumbardie..for the stopping of lekes & castyng Balast.1598 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. Pref. sig. *2 There they shall read of Godredus the sonne of Olauus his voiage to the king of Norway.1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated* ii. vii. 126 This Northwest-passage is a long voyage, and hath bin for a long time sought.1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 12 The Navigation of the World (specially for remote Voiages) was greater then at this day.1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 923 Where the Spanish Negotiation was short and safe, it enticed Seamen, by their good will, to avoid long Voyages.1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson Introd. sig. c3 A Voyage round the World promises a species of information, of all others the most desirable and interesting.1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 346 Those who had set sail five months before, were not in the least farther advanced in their voyage, than those who waited for the favourable wind.1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 165 Ships were sent out to different seas, and had prosperous voyages.1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Voyage, a journey by sea. It usually includes the outward and homeward trips, which are called passages.1903 F. T. Bullen Sea Wrack 310 (note) The round trip from home back to home again constitutes the ‘voyage’, all the port to port journeys are ‘passages’.figurative.1864 R. Browning James Lee in Dramatis Personæ 18 With whom began Love's voyage full-sail. b. In the phrases to take or make a voyage. Cf. 1a. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > make a voyage to take or make a voyagec1400 voyage1604 (a) c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) Pref. 2 Wald Godd þat þer werldly lordes ware at gude accorde, and..wald take þis haly viage ouer þe see. 1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 12 The said king Edward..tooke his vyage to Cane withe xij^c shippis. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 10 Thir men of weir tuk vayage and sailled to Scotland. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 233 Quhen S. Columba did sayl in Yrland, thay to the Jle of Jon tuik thair vaiage. 1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 37 Fifty wreaths of smoke From fifty censers their light voyage took To the high roof. (b)14.. Sir Beues (O.) 388 Ouer they made gode viage. The sayll they drew, the wynd was good.1475 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 387 We..purpose..incontinent þerupon, as winde and weder wol serue, to make our viage into France.?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. C.iii For yf I myȝt make .iii. good vyages to Shoters hyl..Than wolde I neuer trauell the see more.c1580 in Eng. Hist. Rev. July (1914) 518 This viadge ys to be made in 3 wekes yf winde and wether sarve.1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 87 Cnute king of England about this time made a viage to Denmarke.1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. i. 139 In five Voyages made before that way, [I] knew by Experience there is a Current.1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) ii. clxxix. 25 It is a full Commission By which he made this voyage. †c. A (single or return) passage or trip on a canal-boat. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > a voyage > short voyage or trip > on a canal voyage1775 1775 Ann. Reg. 1774 145 From Manchester to Warrington..the third cabbin 1 s for the passage or voyage upon the canal. 1805 Z. Allnutt Consider. on Navigation Thames 15 The Toll of 4d per Ton a Voyage on all Barges. A Voyage, is a Trip to London and back again, being two Passages. d. A flight through the air (or through space); esp. a trip in a balloon. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] gate1340 voyage1667 volation1755 society > travel > air or space travel > [noun] > a flight through air or space voyage1726 flight1786 maiden flight1917 run1941 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 431 So stears the prudent Crane Her annual Voiage, born on Windes. View more context for this quotation 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 24 It was about Ninety Leagues distant, and our Voyage lasted four Days and an Half. 1786 V. Lunardi Acct. Five Aerial Voy. Scotl. 30 After a most delightful and glorious voyage of 46 miles, 36 over the water and 10 over land. 1826 Mechanics' Mag. 6 285/2 An aerial voyage, remarkable for its duration, was accomplished at Paris on the 19th of September, 1784. 1860 Chambers's Encycl. I. 646/2 Before they [sc. fire-balloons] became obsolete, several remarkable voyages were made in them. 1893 R. S. Ball Story of Sun 290 The Earth in its annual voyage round the sun. e. spec. In marine insurance: (see quot. 1848). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > a voyage > in a prescribed course voyage1848 1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance I. i. xii. 333 The voyage insured.., a technical term, which must be carefully distinguished from the actual voyage of the ship,..is a transit at sea from the terminus a quo to the terminus ad quem in a prescribed course of navigation..which is never set out in any policy. f. voyage of discovery (discovery n. 1), in figurative use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > an instance or act of > planned or organized job1679 put-up job1812 plant1825 voyage of discovery1857 sting1930 society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > tour > types of the tour1642 grand tour1678 circular tour1860 swing1860 tourette1881 voyage of discovery1890 roundabout1894 Cook's tour1902 conducted1907 conducted tour1907 book tour1939 tour d'horizon1952 1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue Voyage of discovery, going out stealing. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 227 After a voyage of discovery round the yard at full speed, [the cattle] return..into the lane. 5. Used figuratively (in senses 1 or 4) to denote the course of human life (or some part of it), or the fate of persons after death. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > course or span of life life-dayOE year-daysOE timeOE dayOE lifeOE life's timeOE livelihoodOE yearOE lifetimea1300 life-whilea1300 for (also to) term of (a person's) lifea1325 coursec1384 livingc1390 voyage1390 agea1398 life's dayc1425 thread1447 racea1450 living daysc1450 natural life1461 lifeness1534 twist1568 leasec1595 span1599 clew1615 marcha1625 peregrination1653 clue1684 stamen1701 life term1739 innings1772 lifelong1814 pass-through1876 inning1885 natural1891 life cycle1915 puff1967 the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > that which is ordained by fate > personal destiny or one's lot > fate after death voyage1390 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 326 Fourtiene yer sche was of Age, Whan deth hir tok to his viage. 1423 Kingis Quair xv As the schip that sailith stereles,..So standis thou here..And wantis that suld gyde all thy viage. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 98 Cristallyne water to hym so comfortable. Al his viage bothe in breede and lengthe. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dv Man receyueth by grace, all thynges expedient and necessary for hym in his viage and pilgrimage. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 175/2 Y^t much more special assistence of god with his christen churche in their spiritual viage. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) vi. 345 Blocks and stones our ghostly enemies cast in the narrow way that leadeth to heaven, to hinder our voyage. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 272 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. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife v. 73 So, Now I am in for Hobs's Voyage; a great Leap in the Dark. ?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. vi. 60 And what I say to Papists I say to all Protestants, if you like to be Priest-ridden, farewel—a good Voyage to you. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 205 Among our fellow-lodgers at Berwick, was a couple from London, bound to Edinburgh, on the voyage of matrimony. 1779 W. Cowper Human Frailty 17 Bound on a voyage of awful length,..A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab ix. 119 Fear not then, Spirit, death's disrobing hand..'Tis but the voyage of a darksome hour. 1877 Ld. Tennyson Sir J. Franklin 3 And thou..Art passing on thine happier voyage now Toward no earthly pole. 6. †a. The navigation of a particular sea-route; the course or route (to be) taken by a ship. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > course ship ren1297 course1553 route?1568 voyage1581 caping1595 wakec1595 run1688 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 1087 Vnder y^e name of Tharsis (as some think) is signified some sea y^t was farre of, and whose voiage was very long. 1694 W. King Animadversions Pretended Acct. Danmark i. 7 Any Sea-man, who is acquainted with that Voyage will tell you, that he would ten times rather venture amongst the Rocks of Norway in a Storm, than the Sands of England. 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 111 The Mate being unacquainted with the Voyage and declaring himself to be so, shall nevertheless be obliged to remain with the Ship, if the Master requires it. b. A vessel as fitted out for sailing. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > vessel as fitted out for sailing voyage1828 1828 J. Kent Comm. Amer. Law III. xlvii. 164 When the voyage is ready, the master is bound to sail as soon as the wind and tide permit. c. Whaling. (See quot. 1859.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > profit to be shared > share of profits > of fishing or whaling expedition lay1850 voyage1859 liver money1897 stocker1904 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 497 Voyage, among whalers, each man calls his share of the proceeds of the cruize, which he receives instead of wages, his voyage. d. The quantity of fish taken in one trip or by one boat. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fish to be caught or as catch > [noun] > catch of fish draughta1387 waithing1488 hale1572 tack1596 take1626 catch1792 haul1854 taking1855 fare1884 strike1887 voyage1897 shack1904 1897 Clay & Co. Company Prospectus The daily arrival of vessels with voyages of live and fresh fish... The Pontoon where the voyages are landed from the vessels and sold. 7. A written account of a voyage, a book describing a voyage (or journey).From the frequent use of the word in the titles of narratives of voyages. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun] itinerary1483 peregrination1548 travels1579 voyage1587 itinerario1588 journal1600 trip1712 itinerarium1747 logbook1791 tour1812 log1825 travel document1892 travelogue1898 1587 Hakluyt (title) A Notable Historie, containing foure Voyages, made by Certaine French Captaines into Florida. 1699 W. Hacke (title) A Collection of Original Voyages. 1704 A. Churchill & J. Churchill (title) A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Some now first Printed from Original Manuscripts. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 21 Those of the same kind, which have been collected in the following Voyage, exhibit no regular difference from each other. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 284 The most authentic traditions of Historians, which I found in great numbers in the Voyages of Pausanias into Greece. 1877 B. Quaritch Catal. 1476 De Bry's Collection of Voyages to the East and West Indies. Compounds C1. General attributive. voyage-writer n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun] > action of writing > one who voyage-writer1705 travel writer1711 tour-writer?1764 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 165 I shall say nothing of the Via Flaminia, which has been describ'd by all the Voyage-Writers that have pass'd it. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 330 The manners of Mankind doe not differ so widely as our voyage Writers would make us beleive. 1757 S. Foote Author i. 11 Except Peter Hasty the Voyage-writer, he was as great a Loss to the Trade as any within my Memory. C2. † voyage food n. Obsolete = viaticum n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > consumables > eucharistic elements > bread > [noun] > given to the dying viaticum1562 voyage provision1562 journal1610 voyage foodc1610 viands1615 c1610–15 Life St. Cuthburge in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 78 After that she had receiued her holie Viaticum or voiage foode..she departed this life. † voyage provision n. Obsolete = viaticum n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > consumables > eucharistic elements > bread > [noun] > given to the dying viaticum1562 voyage provision1562 journal1610 voyage foodc1610 viands1615 1562 Apol. Priv. Masse (1850) 11 Their viaticum, as it is termed in the old canons, that is to say, their voyage~provision. 1565 T. Harding Answere to Iuelles Chalenge ix. 123 So it be reuerently kepte for the viage prouision for the sicke, no catholike man will maineteine strife for the maner and order of keping. voyage policy n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance policy > specific types of policy fire policy1737 valued policy1737 life policy1751 wagering policy1766 wager policy1766 time policy1808 wager-insurance1824 voyage policy1848 ppi1895 floater1900 maintenance contract1915 death futures1993 1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance I. i. ii. §1. 19 A voyage policy is one in which the limits of the risk are designated in the policy by specifying a certain place at which the voyage is to begin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online June 2022). voyagev. Brit. /ˈvɔɪ(ᵻ)dʒ/, U.S. /ˈvɔɪ(ɪ)dʒ/ Forms: Also Middle English voiage, Middle English–1500s vyage, 1800s dialect v'yage, Scottish vaeg. Etymology: < French voyager, †voiager (15th cent.), or < voyage n. 1. intransitive. To journey by land; to travel. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey ferec950 foundOE sitheOE to come upOE comeOE undernimc1275 to take or make (a, the, or one's) voyage1297 travelc1300 journeyc1330 to take one's waya1375 reisea1387 to fare a waya1400 voyage1477 wayfare1534 peregrinate1593 sojourn1608 to fare a voyage1609 to journey itc1680 to take one's foot in one's hand1755 stroke1823 trek1850 peruse1895 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 33 His legges were Royde like a voyager that had alle the day to fore, haue voiaged or goon a Iourney. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 57 And in vyagynge thrughe the landes, [fame] hideth her hede bytwyx the clowdes. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 42 Although my life hath not bin unexpensive in learning, and voyaging about. 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode ii. i. 17 A Gentleman, Sir..who has hanted the best conversations, and who (in short) has voyag'd. a1777 S. Foote Trip to Calais (1778) i. 28 Nothing can be so vulgar in France, as voyaging about with one's wife. 1898 C. Lee Paul Carah ii. 30 Half over the States I've been, an' into Canady—v'yaged thousands o' miles, 'a b'lieve. †2. To carry out an enterprise. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (intransitive)] dightc1275 dispensec1374 performa1382 to go througha1460 voyagec1500 to do one's do1650 to put down1943 c1500 Melusine (1895) 171 The maister [of Rhodes] recounted..all thauentures that had happed to them. ‘By my feyth’ said the kyng, ‘ye haue worthyly vyaged. 3. a. To go by sea; to sail or cruise; to make a voyage or voyages. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > make a voyage to take or make a voyagec1400 voyage1604 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxxi. 294 All that have voyaged thither, have been curious to carry seedes of all sorts, and all have grown. a1631 J. Donne Ess. Divinity (1651) 37 Men which seek God by reason..are like Mariners which voyaged before the invention of the Compass. 1700 J. Pomfret Reason 133 Oh! what an ocean must be voyag'd o'er, To gain a prospect of the shining shore! 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 340 Voyaging to learn the direful art To taint with deadly drugs the barbed dart. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 137 The Dutch ships, voyaging between New Guinea and Aroo,..frequently see flocks of birds of Paradise. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II xliii. 140 He was a man in years, And long had voyaged through many a stormy sea. 1846 N. Hawthorne Mosses from Old Manse II. 140 Having voyaged across the Atlantic for that sole purpose. 1875 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 Jan. 7 More than seventy merchant-ships, voyaging in almost every ocean. figurative.1819 P. B. Shelley Let. 16 Nov. (1964) II. 154 I have lately been voyaging in a sea without my pilot.1850 W. Wordsworth Prelude iii. 58 His..silent face, The marble index of a mind for ever Voyaging through strange seas of Thought, alone.1876 Bulwer-Lytton's Pausanias (ed. 2) iii. i. 169 Voyagers that never voyaged thither save in song.1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man 300 It is not for food that the plant-world voyages into foreign spheres, but to perfect the supremer labour of life. b. transferred. Of things: To move through the water or air. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > move with current of water or air [verb (intransitive)] drivec1275 sail1377 drift?a1600 voyage1835 fleam1863 1835 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. xvi. 270 In Britain..it [sc. the cholera] voyaged along the coasts with the speed of the trading vessels. 1837 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 5 July in Amer. Notebks. (1972) ii. 35 A log comes floating down,..having voyaged..hundreds of miles. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xliii. 402 We could see them many fathoms below, voyaging again to the upper world. 1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 178 Grand clouds still voyaged in the sky. 1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 659/1 In the same dirigible he voyaged into Switzerland and back. 4. transitive. To cross or travel over; to traverse; to sail over or on. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] saila1382 sulk1579 upharrow1582 plough1589 waff1611 navigate1646 voyage1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 471 Long were to tell What I have don, what sufferd, with what paine Voyag'd th' unreal, vast, unbounded deep Of horrible confusion. View more context for this quotation 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 361 Him, thus voyaging the deeps below, From far..The King of Ocean saw. 1793 S. T. Coleridge Lines Autumnal Evening 44 O heed the spell, and hither wing your way, Like far-off music, voyaging the breeze! 1849 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 66 259 Last time we voyaged the Loch you said a few words. 1890 Cent. Mag. Aug. 636/1 The Rhône of to-day must be something like the Rhine of fifty years ago, though much less voyaged now than that was then. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1297v.1477
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