transverseadj.n.adv.prep.
/trɑːnzˈvəːs/, /tranzˈvəːs/, /trɑːnsˈvəːs/, /transˈvəːs/, /ˈtrɑːnzvəs/, /ˈtranzvəs/, /ˈtrɑːnsvəs/, /ˈtransvəs/, U.S. /ˌtrænzˈvərs/, /ˌtræn(t)sˈvərs/ A. adj.† 2. Of kindred: Collateral, as between brothers, cousins-german, etc. Obsolete. rare.
1.
a. Lying across; situated or lying crosswise or athwart; esp. situated or extending across the length of something, spec. at right angles (opposed to longitudinal). Also const. to.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [adjective]
overthwart1228
thwart-overa1387
transversaryc1400
thwart1404
thwartingc1430
transversalc1440
transversantc1440
traversea1450
thorter1488
cross1523
overthwarting1552
traversed1561
traversing1561
transverse1621
overcrossa1661
transverseda1711
crossway1865
crosswise1903
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. iii. 24 Fibræ are strings, white and solide dispersed through the whole member, and are right, oblique, transuerse, all which haue their severall vses.
a1687 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. i. i, in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions (1691) 121 Let there be a transverse section of the Hull at the main bend.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 561 A kettle slung Between two poles upon a stick transverse.
1815 W. Shepherd et al. Syst. Educ. (1822) II. 112 The influence is not exerted in a direction parallel to the wire through which the electricity passes but in a direction transverse to it.
1855 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. ii. i. 72 In similar masses of matter which are subject..to the transverse strain, the power of resistance varies.
1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 64 A transverse set of pews in the Chancel.
b. Heraldry. Crossing the escutcheon from one side to the opposite one. (Cf. quot. 1610 at sense D.)
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adjective] > transverse
pertransient1658
traversed1780
transversec1828
c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss. Transverse, and Transverse in point, to the dexter and sinister.
c. In a bivalve shell: Of greater breadth than length or height; having the longer diameter transverse to the hinge.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [adjective] > of bivalve molluscs or shells
cardinal1809
conchyliferous1811
transverse1822
conchiferous1833
transversal1835
tellinoid1841
shell-bearing1844
saxicavous1850
auriculate1854
pelecypodous1857
sinupallial1863
tubivalve1882
sinupalliate1883
pelecypod1890
taxodont1895
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 180 A transverse bivalve.
d. Designating a form of map projection in which the sphere is rotated esp. through a right angle from its usual orientation.
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1890 Cent. Dict. at Projection Transverse map-projection.
1910 J. I. Craig Theory Map-projections v. 45 (heading) Transverse conical projection... This projection is of no practical importance.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > descendant > [adjective] > collaterally
collateralc1425
transversal1595
transverse1614
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor Pref. B iv A Monster, that is not like him that got him, nor any other of the ascending or transuerse line.
1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 154 This Discent ought to be to the next Heirs, Males or Females, in a direct or transverse line.
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. iii. Rule 3 §9. 401 The Grand Parent of a Family; from whom the direct descendants are for ever to be reckon'd to the Kinred in the strait and proper line: but when once it goes to the transverse and collateral, they not onely have no title to the inheritance, but [etc.].
3. In combination with other adjectives (Entomology): transverse-cubital adj., transverse-medial adj. = transverso- comb. form cubital, -medial., transverse-quadrate adj. quadrate with the transverse diameter the longer.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of thorax > quadrate with transverse diameter longer
transverse-quadrate1840
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 528 Having the thorax transverse-quadrate.
B. n. [The adjective used absol.] † 2. by transverse [Latin per transversum] , in a transverse position, crosswise; athwart. Obsolete. rare.
1. Something that is transverse: spec.† a. A cross or transverse part or member. Obsolete. rare.† b. Fortification. ? = traverse n. 8. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [noun] > anything lying transversely > part of a cross
transversary1584
transom1615
transversea1634
traversion1658
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 108 The Transverse of the Crosse..is held to have bin a peece, much about that length.
1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 266 Having fastened the transverse to the body of that fatall tree.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > trench > types of trench
transverse1704
front trench1847
communicating trench1857
shelter-trench1870
firing bay1885
communication trench1903
fire trench1907
funk-hole1914
support trench1914
foxhole1915
fire bay1916
slit-trench1942
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Transverse, in Fortification, is a little Trench bordered with two Parapets..which the Besiegers make quite thwart the Moat of the Place, to pass secure from Flank-shot, and to bring the Miners to the Bastions.
c. The transverse axis of a conic section.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > geometric space > [noun] > division or marking of > axis > passing through foci
principal axis1704
transverse axis1704
transverse1743
longitudinal axis1744
focal axis1794
major axis1840
1743 W. Emerson Doctr. Fluxions 244 Let the Transverse of the Ellipsis = 2r, Conjugate = 2c.
d. See quot. 1867.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [noun] > other
medial line1570
radius1590
lineature1630
foot line1658
rectification1685
axis1734
slant side1824
radiant1842
transverse1867
median1883
bilinear1923
1867 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. I. i. §120 Mark a line..along its length, such that it shall be a straight line parallel to the axis... A line drawn from any point of the axis perpendicular to this side line of reference, is called the transverse of the rod at this point.
e. A transverse muscle.
f. Architecture. (See quot. 1842.)
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1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 948 at Chambranle The top of a three-sided chambranle is called the transverse, and the sides ascendants.
g. The sprocket axle of a chain-driven motor car.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > chain-driven vehicle > parts of
chain case1907
transverse1907
1907 Westm. Gaz. 22 Nov. 10/1 Their manufactures include live axles of various types and sizes, transverses, change-speed and brake levers [etc.].
h. Roulette = transversal n. 3.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > roulette > [noun] > type of play
transversal1895
transverse1899
1899 Scribner's Mag. 25 90/1 He placed eight louis on the number nineteen, and 1,200 francs on the line between nineteen and twenty-two, thus playing the ‘transverse’.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > transversely [phrase]
at travers?a1400
by transversea1599
a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vii. lvi, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Ii3 Nothing doth firme and permanent appeare, But all things tost and turned by transuerse.
C. adv.
In a transverse direction or position; transversely, across, athwart. Now rare or poetic.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [adverb]
overthwartc1300
thwarta1350
thwart-over1398
overthwartly?a1425
traversec1425
thorter1488
thwartly?1541
traversely?1541
traversewise1548
cross1577
thwartingly1579
crosswise1580
thwartwise1589
overthwartwise1594
crossly1598
traverseways1610
athwart1611
crossway1611
transversely1650
overthwartways1656
transverse1660
crossways1665
thwartways1665
transversally1762
criss-cross1843
athwart-wise1868
the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in transverse direction
thereoverc897
overwardc1300
acrossa1350
out-overa1400
overthwartly?a1425
a-travers1430
overcrossa1525
thwartlong1600
transversely1650
transverse1660
transversally1762
overthwart1764
athwart1879
1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated ii. 41 When they are cut transverse, they are cut to right angles.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 209 These two proportiond ill drove me transverse . View more context for this quotation
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 51/2 Beams across from one Wall to the other..are Columns laid transverse.
1798 R. Bloomfield Spring in Farmer's Boy 93 And o'er the whole Giles once transverse again, In earth's moist bosom buries up the grain.
Across, athwart. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > across [preposition]
thwart-overa1225
thwart1470
thorter1533
across1538
traverse1548
traverse to (also of)1548
athwart1598
transverse1607
thwart of1667
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 205 One of them descendeth, and goeth downe into the Ditch, and standeth transuerse or Crosse the same.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xxii. 167 All Fishes being borne Transuerse the Escocheon must in blazon be termed Naiant.
Compounds
In special collocations:
transverse alliteration n. in the early verse of some Germanic languages, alliteration of the patterns abab or baab (the usage of scholars varies somewhat).
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > alliteration > [noun] > alliteration in pattern ABAB or BAAB
transverse alliteration1900
1900 O. F. Emerson in Jrnl. Germanic Philol. 3 127 (heading) Transverse alliteration in Teutonic poetry.
1920 R. J. Menner Purity p. lvi Transverse alliteration—abab—appears in 515 For I se wel þat hit is sothe þat alle mannez wyttez.
1942 J. C. Pope Rhythm of Beowulf 154 Transverse alliteration occurs once with the whole-line pattern bx/ax/ax/bx.
1949 P. F. Baum in Mod. Philol. XLVI. 146 The most interesting of these minor variations is the crossed or transverse alliteration ab ab.
transverse artery n. Anatomy one of the small branches given off at nearly right angles from the basilar.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > artery > [noun] > specific artery
arterial vein?c1425
adorthy1525
subethal1525
temporal?1541
veiny artery1543
share artery1545
aorta1594
cephalic artery1599
subclavia1615
venous artery1650
subclavicular1656
pulmonary1707
cœliac artery or axis1713
renal1721
radial1723
carotid1741
ranine1753
femoral1754
hypogastric1774
iliac1782
pudical1803
articular1808
pudic1824
anonyma1832
internal mammary1835–6
iliac artery1840
transverse artery1842
innominate artery1866
innominate1879
thyroid axis1881
hyoid1883
medicerebral1889
coronary1893
1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Transverse Artery of the Face arises from the temporal; passes transversely across the face..and gives its branches to the different muscles of the cheek.
transverse axis n. (a) an axis transverse to the main axis, as in a crystal; (b) Geometry the axis passing through the foci of a conic section (in an ellipse, the major axis): see axis n.1 7.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > geometric space > [noun] > division or marking of > axis > passing through foci
principal axis1704
transverse axis1704
transverse1743
longitudinal axis1744
focal axis1794
major axis1840
the world > life > the body > positions or directions in body > [noun] > axis of body > specific
mesion1803
parasternal line1870
transverse axis1878
meson1881
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Latus Transversum The longest Diameter in the Ellipsis, which Apollonius calls the Transverse Axis, or Diameter.
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 59 The other connects the sides of the body, and is the transverse axis.
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transverse bone n. Zoology in some reptiles, a bone connecting the pterygoid and maxilla.
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transverse colon n. Anatomy (see colon n.1).
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transverse fissure n. Anatomy (a) the cleft below the hemispheres of the brain into which the pia mater extends to form the velum interpositum and choroid plexuses; (b) a short transverse cleft on the lower surface of the left lobe of the liver.
transverse flute n. see flute n.1 1; (now the usual name when specification is required; see also cross-flute n. at cross- comb. form 2, German adj., Querflöte n. 1, traverso n., etc.).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > flute > transverse flutes
German flute1718
traversière1740
flauto traverso1753
traversa1786
cross-flute1876
flûte d'amour1876
Querflöte1876
third flute1876
transverse flute1879
traverso1879
1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 536/1 It is held obliquely towards the right side of the player, like the modern transverse flute.
1959 Collins Mus. Encycl. 525/1 Querflöte,..‘Cross’ or ‘transverse flute’, i.e. the modern flute as distinct from the recorder or Blockflöte.
1976 D. Munrow Instruments Middle Ages & Renaissance 53/3 Back in medieval times the different playing positions of the two instruments had provided a means of distinction..: hence the use of..Querflöte, or Querpfeife (German, cross flute) for the transverse flute.
1980 Early Music 8 313/1 Byzantine musical culture decisively influenced much of the corpus of musical instruments, including..the organ, transverse flute and the bowed instruments.
transverse ligament n. part of the cotyloid ligament.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > types of sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun] > other ligaments of trunk
white line1578
Poupart's ligament1742
fourchette1754
rhomboid ligament1820
transverse ligament1840
Fallopian arch1913
1840 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (1842) 101 The transverse ligament is a strong ligamentous band.
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transverse magnet n. a magnet formed by a combination of bar-magnets so that its poles are at the sides, not at the ends.
transverse magnetism n. = transverse magnetization n.
transverse magnetization n. magnetization at right angles to the length of the bar.
transverse Mercator n. the name of a map projection obtained like the Mercator but with the globe turned through 90 degrees relative to the cylinder, so that the great circle where they meet is a pair of meridians rather than the equator.
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1921 Deetz & Adams Elem. Map Projection 104 In latitudes above 60° where the meridional parts of a Mercator projection increase rather rapidly, charts covering considerable area may be constructed..on..a transverse Mercator, if the locality has predominating north-and-south dimensions.
1969 C. B. M. Lock Mod. Maps & Atlases i. 32 The Ordnance Survey maps are now prepared on the Transverse Mercator, which enables the National Grid reference system to be easily operated.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XI. 476/1 Among the variations of cylindrical projections is the Transverse Mercator, in which the axis of the cylinder is parallel to the Equator, a treatment which has advantages in drawing maps that are long in the north-south direction.
transverse muscle n. Anatomy any one of various muscles extending across other parts.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > types of muscles > [noun]
sphincter1578
raiser1588
in-muscle?1609
oblique1612
abducens1615
abductor1615
adductor1615
antagonist1615
bender1615
depressor1615
extender1615
flexor1615
levator1615
quadratus1615
rectus1615
retractor1615
sphincter-muscle1615
accelerator1638
bicepsa1641
elevator1646
adducent1649
lifter1649
rotator1657
flector1666
contractor1682
dilater1683
orbicularis palpebrarum1694
transverse muscle1696
tensor muscle1704
biventer1706
extensor1713
attollent1728
constrictor1741
dilator1741
risibles1785
orbicularis oculi1797
obliquus1799
erector1828
extensor-muscle1830
compressor1836
trans-muscle1836
antagonizer1844
motor1846
evertor1848
inflector1851
protractor1853
prime mover1860
orbicular1872
transversalis1872
invertor1875
skeletal muscle1877
dilatator1878
occlusor muscle1878
sphincter1879
pilomotor1892
agonist1896
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Transverse Muscles, the first pair shew themselves with a Membranous beginning, at the Transverse Processes of the Vertebra of the Loyns.
transverse myelitis n. Pathology myelitis which extends across a section of the spinal cord.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > disorders of spinal cord
rachialgitis1824
myelitis1835
medullitis1848
pachymeningitis1857
spinitis1859
transverse myelitis1879
syringomyelia1881
syringomyelus1881
meningomyelocele1885
meningomyelitis1886
poliomyelopathy1890
syringomyelitis1890
myelopathy1891
xanthochromia1894
spinal block1928
1879 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 30 387 (heading) Transverse myelitis.
1903 A. H. Tubby & R. Jones Mod. Methods Surg. Paralyses i. 33 Transverse myelitis in adults is more likely to be confused with the rare condition of poliomyelitis.
1964 J. J. Walsh Understanding Paraplegia iii. 16 Approximately 30% of the patients at the National Spinal Injuries Centre develop paraplegia from causes other than injury. Of these a proportion result from infections of various kinds, and are usually grouped under the heading of ‘myelitis’ or ‘transverse myelitis’.
transverse palsy n. = crossed palsy n. at crossed adj. Compounds.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis > types of
mollification?a1425
hemiplexy1576
paraplegia1583
dead palsy?1594
hemiplegia1600
sideration1612
astrobolism1651
paresis1668
hemiplegy1755
general paralysis1820
refixation1825
Pott's disease1827
pamplegia1842
pamplegy1857
crossed palsy1858
transverse palsy1858
neuroparalysis1859
general paresis1862
athetosis1871
monoplegia1876
spastic paralysis1877
Landry's paralysis1882
Little's disease1884
cerebral palsy1889
paraparesis1890
hemiparesis1893
Pott's paraplegia1895
sleep-palsy1896
quadriplegia1897
pressure paralysis1899
Bell's palsy1904
taboparesis1910
tetraplegia1911
tick paralysis1914
quadriparesis1948
Landry–Guillain–Barré syndrome1957
1858 J. Copland Dict. Pract. Med. III. i. 15/1 When the upper limb of one side, and the lower of the opposite side is affected, the palsy is usually called transverse or crossed palsy.
transverse process n. a lateral process of a vertebra.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > spine > [noun] > vertebra of > processes of
apophysis1611
transverse process1696
axis1701
neurapophysis1840
parapophysis1846
pleurapophysis1848
haemapophysis1849
postzygapophysis1851
anapophysis1854
hypapophysis1854
zygapophysis1854
intercentrum1878
neuroid1887
pleuroid1887
1696Transverse process [see transverse muscle n.].
1840 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (1842) 8 The transverse processes project one at each side from the laminæ of the vertebra.
transverse sinus n. a simple network of veins connecting the two inferior petrosal sinuses.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > [noun] > bundle or network
rete mirabile?a1425
net?c1425
thrum1615
glomus1839
transverse sinus1840
tuft1848
glomerule1856
1840 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (1842) 341 The Transverse sinus passes transversely across the basilar process of the occipital bone.
transverse suture n. the suture between the frontal and facial bones.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > joint > joints > [noun] > joints of skull
commissure?a1425
lambdac1475
sagittal suture (addition, commissure)?1541
coronal suture1543
sagit?1550
garland-seam1576
commissary1577
agglutination1578
skull-seam1605
lambdoidal suture (commissure)1653
transverse suture1741
orbitar1782
pterion1878
1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 75 The Transverse Suture runs quite cross the Face, from the external Canthus of one Orbit to the same Place of the other.
1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Transverse Suture,..a suture which passes across the face, sinks down into the orbits, joining the bones of the skull to those of the face.
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transverse vein n. Entomology any one of the several short veins of the wings of an insect, connecting two longitudinal ones.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
transversev.1
/trɑːnzˈvəːs/, /tranzˈvəːs/, /trɑːnsˈvəːs/, /transˈvəːs/, U.S. /trænzˈvərs/, /træn(t)sˈvərs/ Now rare.
1. † b. figurative. To act or speak in opposition to; to cross, thwart; in Law = traverse v. 1. Obsolete.† c. intransitive. figurative. To go across or athwart; to run counter; to transgress against. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To pass or lie athwart or across; to cross, traverse. rare.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > lie across [verb (transitive)]
thwart1413
transverse1430
overcrossa1450
overthwartc1450
traverse1555
cross1577
intercourse1597
transit1890
the world > space > direction > specific directions > direct in specific directions [verb (transitive)] > extend across (something)
transverse1430
overcrossa1450
overthwartc1450
traverse1481
cross1577
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes ix. x. (Bodl. 263) 417/1 Ther shon wer..Richeli transuersed with gold weer.
1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. E In latin: musculi transuersi: Bycause they transuerse or ouerthwart the belly.
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. x. 413 The internal carotid transverses the petrous part of the temporal bone.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)]
withgo743
to go again ——OE
withsayc1175
again-goc1275
withsitc1300
thwarta1325
to go against ——a1382
counter1382
repugnc1384
adversea1393
craba1400
gainsaya1400
movec1400
overthwart?a1425
to put (also set) one's face againsta1425
traversea1425
contrairc1425
to take again ——c1425
contraryc1430
to take against ——a1450
opposec1485
again-seta1500
gain?a1500
oppone1500
transverse1532
to come up against1535
heave at1546
to be against1549
encounter1549
to set shoulder against1551
to fly in the face of1553
crossc1555
to cross with1590
countermand1592
forstand1599
opposit1600
thorter1608
obviate1609
disputea1616
obstrigillate1623
contradict1632
avert1635
to set one's hand against1635
top1641
militate1642
to come across ——1653
contrariate1656
to cross upon (or on)1661
shock1667
clash1685
rencounter1689
obtend1697
counteract1708
oppugnate1749
retroact?1761
controvert1782
react1795
to set against ——1859
appose-
the mind > language > statement > speaking against or contradiction > speak against or contradict [verb (transitive)]
withsake971
withsayc1175
forbidc1275
withtellec1275
counterplead1377
again-saya1382
withsaya1382
contrary1382
countersay1393
withstand1513
transverse1532
cross1589
contradict1596
controvert1596
respire1629
scruple1639
contravene1722
oppugn1781
countervene1825
to stand down1869
the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (transitive)]
breakOE
to-breaka1067
false1303
forleta1325
loosec1400
to fall from ——a1425
renouncec1450
violate?a1475
enfrain1477
failc1500
falsify1532
transverse1532
infringe1533
crack1576
recess1581
recant1585
digress1592
strain1592
burst1600
equivocate1629
falsy1629
forfeit1654
to break through1712
infract1798
waive1833
welsh1925
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > maintain by argument in court [verb (transitive)] > deny
traversea1325
transverse1532
the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (transitive)] > in law
transverse1704
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil
false?c1225
confoundc1315
blenk?a1400
matea1400
interrupt1464
blench1485
fruster?a1513
frustrate?a1513
infatuate1533
disappoint1545
prevent1555
foila1564
blank1566
thwart1581
confute1589
dispurpose1607
shorten1608
foola1616
vain1628
balk1635
throwa1650
scotch1654
bafflea1674
crossbar1680
transverse1770
tomahawk1773
throttle1825
wreck1855
stultify1865
derail1889
to pull the plug1923
rank1924
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxviii I trowe the strongest and the beste that maye be founde, wol not transuers thy wordes.
1628 S. D'Ewes Jrnl. Parl. (1783) 45 He was presentlie transversed and over-ruled by his flatterers.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) To transverse an Indictment, is to take Issue upon the chief Matter, and to contradict or deny some Point of it.
1770 R. Cumberland Brothers ii. ii. 15 That perverse hussey..threatens to transverse all my hopes.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [verb (intransitive)]
guiltc825
misdoOE
misfereOE
misnimc1225
trespass1303
forfeita1325
misguiltc1330
misworka1375
transverse1377
offendc1384
mistakec1390
faulta1400
commit1449
misprize1485
digress1541
transgress1662
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do evil or wrong [verb (intransitive)] > transgress or offend
guiltc825
sinc825
to break a bruchec1225
trespass1303
forfeita1325
folly1357
misworka1375
transverse1377
offendc1384
mistakec1390
faulta1400
commit1449
misprize1485
transgress1526
digress1541
misdeal1573
to commit (also do, make) an offence1841
overstep1931
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xii. 284 Ac trewth þat trespassed neuere, ne transuersed aȝeines his lawe.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iv. 449 And ho so takeþ aȝen treuthe oþer transuerseþ aȝens reson Leaute shal do hym lawe.
2.
a. transitive. To turn upside down or backwards; to overturn, turn topsy-turvy. Now rare or Obsolete.
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the world > space > relative position > inversion > invert [verb (transitive)]
to-wendc893
whelvec1000
to turn down?c1335
to turn up?c1335
whelmc1340
overturna1382
to turn overa1400
wholve14..
inverse?a1425
reverse?a1425
overwhelvec1450
overvolvea1522
transverse1557
evert1566
topsy-turn1573
topsy-turve1603
invert1610
upturn1610
whave1611
topsy-turvy1626
whemmel1684
cant1850
upend1868
flip-flop1924
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)] > throw into utter disorder or upset
to-turna1382
everse?a1425
over-terve?a1425
bestourn1484
renverse1521
transverse1557
evert1566
walter1571
topsy-turn1573
topsy-turve1603
topsy-turvy1626
bouleverse1673
whemmel1721
reverse1768
upset1818
to knock galley-west1875
topsy-turvify1886
topsy-turvyize1893
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > arrange in sequence or series [verb (transitive)] > reverse natural or proper order
misturna1350
inverse?a1425
invert1533
transvert1552
preposterate1566
retrograde1582
rencounter1689
transverse1738
1557 T. Paynell & A. Barclay tr. Sallust Hist. Jugurth xii. 18 in T. Paynell tr. Felicius Conspiracie of Catiline (new ed.) As if thei wer belies of ships transversed [(ed. 1) transposed] or turned vp set downe.
1643 J. Howell Parables Ep. Ded. 2 These sad confusions which have so unhing'd, distorted, transvers'd, tumbled and dislocated all things.
1738 G. Whitefield Jrnl. 10 Jan. in First Two Parts Life & Jrnls. (1756) 50 I could not but transverse the Prodigal's Complaint: How many are ready to perish with hunger, whilst I have enough and to spare.
1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel I. xiv. 204 In love, it is said, all stratagems are fair, and many little ladies transverse the axiom by applying it to discover the secrets of their friends.
b. To convert into something different; to alter, transform. (Cf. transverse v.2)
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)]
wendOE
forshapeOE
workOE
awendOE
makec1175
turna1200
forwenda1325
change1340
shape1362
transmewc1374
transposec1380
puta1382
convertc1384
exchangea1400
remue?a1400
makea1425
reduce?a1425
removec1425
resolvea1450
transvertc1450
overchangec1480
mew1512
transmutea1513
wring1524
reduct1548
transform1556
innovate1561
metamorphose1576
transume1579
metamorphize1587
transmove1590
transchangea1599
transfashion1601
deflect1613
fordo1624
entail1628
transmutate1632
distila1637
to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637
transqualify1652
unconvert1654
simulate1658
spend1668
transverse1687
hocus-pocus1774
mutate1796
fancy1801
to change around1871
metamorphosize1888
catalyse1944
morph1996
1687 M. Prior & Earl of Halifax (title) The Hind and the Panther Transvers'd To the Story of The Country-Mouse and the City-Mouse.
c1700 Sir J. Montague in Notes & Queries (1889) 7th Ser. VIII. 430/1 Making several essays to transverse..other parts of the poem.
1702 Modesty Mistaken 5 Having transvers'd the two famous Lines of Sir J. Denham to the scandal of Bottled Ale.
Derivatives
transˈversed adj. placed crosswise, crossing, transverse.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [adjective]
overthwart1228
thwart-overa1387
transversaryc1400
thwart1404
thwartingc1430
transversalc1440
transversantc1440
traversea1450
thorter1488
cross1523
overthwarting1552
traversed1561
traversing1561
transverse1621
overcrossa1661
transverseda1711
crossway1865
crosswise1903
a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 85 His heav'nly Banner..Wrought with direct and with transversed Rays.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
transversev.2
transitive. To turn into verse; to translate or render in verse.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > compose (poetry) [verb (transitive)] > turn into poetry
poetize1599
transverse1672
versify1735
poeticize1804
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > translate [verb (transitive)] > into verse
metaphrase1607
transverse1672
1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal i. 4 I take a Book in my hand..if there be any Wit in't,..I Transverse it; that is, if it be Prose, put it into Verse.., if it be Verse, put it into Prose.]
1672 H. Stubbe Rosemary & Bayes 2 To pilfer from other men; and if they write in prose, he doth trans-verse them.
1732 H. Fielding Old Debauchees Prol. Old worn-out Jokes..Transvers'd from Prose, perhaps transpros'd from Rhimes.
1881 G. Saintsbury Dryden viii. 159 Having taken the fancy to transverse some Arthurian stories.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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