Traverse

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I. noun

Etymology: Middle English travers, from Anglo-French travers (as in a travers, de travers across), from Latin transversum (as in in transversum set crosswise), neuter of transversus lying across; senses 5-9 in part from ［sup］2［/sup］traverse — more at transverse
Date: 14th century
1. something that crosses or lies across
2. obstacle, adversity
3. a formal denial of a matter of fact alleged by the opposing party in a legal pleading
4.
- a. a compartment or recess formed by a partition, curtain, or screen
- b. a gallery or loft providing access from one side to another in a large building
5. a route or way across or over: as
- a. a zigzag course of a sailing ship with contrary winds
- b. a curving or zigzag way up a steep grade
- c. the course followed in traversing
6. the act or an instance of traversing ; crossing
7. a protective projecting wall or bank of earth in a trench
8.
- a. a lateral movement (as of the saddle of a lathe carriage); also a device for imparting such movement
- b. the lateral movement of a gun about a pivot or on a carriage to change direction of fire
9. a line surveyed across a plot of ground

II. verb (traversed; traversing)

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French traverser, from Late Latin transversare, from Latin transversus
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
- 1.
  - a. to go against or act in opposition to ; oppose, thwart
  - b. to deny (as an allegation of fact or an indictment) formally at law
- 2.
  - a. to go or travel across or over
  - b. to move or pass along or through <light rays traversing a crystal>
- 3. to make a study of ; examine
- 4. to lie or extend across ; cross <the bridge traverses a brook>
- 5.
  - a. to move to and fro over or along
  - b. to ascend, descend, or cross (a slope or gap) at an angle
  - c. to move (a gun) to right or left on a pivot
- 6. to make or carry out a survey of by using traverses
intransitive verb
- 1. to move back and forth or from side to sidekk