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Antonyms for traverse

Grammar : Verb
Spell : trav-ers, truh-vurs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtræv ərs, trəˈvɜrs


Definition of traverse

Origin :
  • early 14c., "pass across, over, or through," from Old French traverser "to cross, thwart" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *traversare, from Latin transversare "to cross, throw across," from Latin transversus "turn across" (see transverse). The noun meaning "act of passing through a gate, crossing a bridge, etc." is recorded from mid-14c.; meaning "a passage by which one may traverse" is recorded from 1670s. Military foritifcation sense of "barrier, barricade" is recorded from 1590s. Related: Traversed; traversing.
  • verb cross over; travel
  • verb resist, contradict
Example sentences :
  • It is in your power to make their bed of down, and to enliven the ground they have yet to traverse with flowers.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • They believed the range might yet show a rift at this end which their wagons could traverse.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • The blows of the sea seemed to traverse it in an unringing, stunning shock, from side to side.
  • Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
  • "I was just telling Miss Day that she was much better, sir," said Traverse.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • "Be sure to persuade your mother to come, Traverse," said Clara.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • "Mother, this is Doctor Day, come to see you," said Traverse.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • "Oh, sir, do not do yourself so great an injustice," said Traverse.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • That's the way, Traverse; that's the way with us all, my boy!
  • Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • Traverse left the room to prepare the palliatives for his patient.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • You know I am just as much in love with you as Traverse himself can be!
  • Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

Synonyms for traverse

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