Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Aviate \A"vi*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aviated}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Aviating}.]
   To fly, or navigate the air, in an a["e]roplane or
   heavier-than-air flying machine. [Colloq.]