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transverse

transverse is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Anything that is transverse or athwart.
  2. 2.(Geom.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
  3. 3.To overturn; to change. [R.] C. Leslie.
  4. 4.To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. [Obs.] Duke of Buckingham.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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