circumnavigate

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But it is not as if you can ever circumnavigate or know your true self as an object.

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  1. transitive verb To proceed completely around: circumnavigating the earth.
  2. transitive verb To go around; circumvent: circumnavigate the downtown traffic.

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  1. from Latin circumnavigatus, past participle of circumnavigare (later Portuguese circumnavegar), sail around, from circum, around, + navigare, sail: see navigate.
 

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/sərkəmˈnævɪgeɪt/
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