Definition of traverse

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Traverse (a.) To deny formally, as what the opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny it..

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Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches..
Rheophore :: Rheophore (n.) A connecting wire of an electric or voltaic apparatus, traversed by a current..
Jump :: Jump (n.) The space traversed by a leap.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc, without this; that is, without this which follows..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
Perineum :: Perineum (n.) The region which is included within the outlet of the pelvis, and is traversed by the urinogenital canal and the rectum..
Earthquake :: Earthquake (n.) A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock..
Trance :: Trance (v. t.) To pass over or across; to traverse.
Traverser :: Traverser (n.) A traverse table. See under Traverse, n..
Unthread :: Unthread (v. t.) To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control..
Voyage :: Voyage (v. t.) To travel; to pass over; to traverse.
Keel :: Keel (v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
Basin :: Basin (n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river..
Wander :: Wander (v. t.) To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line surveyed across a plot of ground.
Travel :: Travel (v. t.) To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent..
Transversal :: Transversal (n.) A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced..
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