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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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..
Electrotonic :: Electrotonic (a.) Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary.
Traverse :: 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..
Semidiurnal :: Semidiurnal (a.) Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc..
Trance :: Trance (v. t.) To pass over or across; to traverse.
Traverser :: Traverser (n.) One who traverses, or denies..
Rheophore :: Rheophore (n.) A connecting wire of an electric or voltaic apparatus, traversed by a current..
Traversed :: Traversed (imp. & p. p.) of Travers.
Jump :: Jump (n.) The space traversed by a leap.
Traversable :: Traversable (a.) Capable of being traversed, or passed over; as, a traversable region..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe..
Radiograph :: Radiograph (n.) A picture produced by the Rontgen rays upon a sensitive surface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of opaque objects traversed by the rays..
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..
Parados :: Parados (n.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse..
Pathfinder :: Pathfinder (n.) One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.
Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other..
Tubulidentate :: Tubulidentate (a.) Having teeth traversed by canals; -- said of certain edentates.
Traverser :: Traverser (n.) A traverse table. See under Traverse, n..
Cheval-de-frise :: Cheval-de-frise (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc..
Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country..
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