† transverberatev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To strike through.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > strike through
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transverberate1623
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Transuerberate, to strike thorow.
1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iii. iv. 147 The appetencies of Matter, and the most universall Passions, (which in either Globe are exceeding Potent, and transverberate [L. transverberant] the universall nature of things).
Derivatives
transverbeˈration n. a striking through.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a striking through
transverberation1881
1881 H. J. Coleridge Life & Lett. St. Teresa I. 24 The room in which Teresa received her mystical transverberation—the piercing of her heart by a fiery dart.
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