ETYMOLOGY
from medieval Latin vagitare, from Latin vagari (to wander)
EXAMPLE
“…But we must consider, that they euermore kept the coast, and crept by the shores, which made the way exceeding long. For before the vse of the Compasse was knowne, it was impossible to vagitate athwart the Ocean; and therefore Salomons ships could not finde Peru in America…”
From: The History of the World
By Sir Walter Raleigh, 1614
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