absol. and intransitive. To guide a vessel by means of a rudder or the like.

To direct the course of (a ship, etc.); absol. to steer. Obsolete.

Of a navigator: To guide a vessel in a certain direction; to sail or row towards a specified place.

transitive and intransitive. To steer, govern. Obsolete.

to steer a, one's course: (a) literal of a helmsman or a navigator, to guide a vessel along a certain course; also of the vessel (cf. 2d); (b) trans…

transitive. To guide with or as with a helm; to steer. Chiefly figurative.