†2.by transverse [Latin per transversum] , in a transverse position, crosswise; athwart. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > transversely [phrase]
at travers?a1400
by transversea1599
a1599 E. SpenserCanto Mutabilitievii. lvi, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Ii3 Nothing doth firme and permanent appeare, But all things tost and turned by transuerse.