time-travelv.
/ˈtʌɪmˌtravl/, U.S. /ˈtaɪmˌtrævəl/ intransitive. To travel into the past or future; to engage in time travel. Cf. time traveller n., time travelling n.
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the world > time > [verb (intransitive)] > travel in time
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1937 F. H. Brabant Time & Eternity in Christian Thought v. 136 Now suppose that, by some vivid heightening of memory, all our past became as vivid as what we call our present, we should be able to time-travel at least within our own experience.
1941 Astounding Sci.-Fiction June 38/1 One might time-travel and understand at last the unimaginable, utterly baffling process by which the solar system came into being.
1969 Punch 1 Jan. 35/2 This intelligent and ingenious story..has a fascinating climax where people from both sides time-travel back to see the Passion and Crucifixion.
1990 S. King Stand (new ed.) ii. xlvii. 552 Fran time-traveled for a moment inside her head, back to the Maine Turnpike.
2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 7 Oct. viii. 9/1 It is almost as if the Saints had time-traveled back to the early 1980s, when fans wore bags on their heads.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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