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T0330700 (trə-vûrs′, trăv′ərs)v. tra·versed, tra·vers·ing, tra·vers·es v.tr.1. a. To travel or pass across, over, or through: a ship traversing a channel; light traversing a window.b. To move to and fro over; cross and recross: traversed the room in thought for an hour.c. To go up, down, or across (a slope) diagonally, as in skiing.2. To cause to move laterally on a pivot; swivel: traverse an artillery piece.3. To extend across; cross: a bridge that traverses a river.4. To look over carefully; examine: "Someday I plan to read the classics. Someday I plan to traverse their pages and see for myself what raw weight they wield" (Beck Hansen).5. Archaic To go counter to; thwart.6. Law a. To deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a lawsuit.b. To join issue upon (an indictment).7. To survey by traverse.8. Nautical To brace (a yard) fore and aft.v.intr.1. To move to the side or back and forth.2. To turn laterally; swivel.3. a. To go up, down, or across a slope diagonally or in a zigzag manner, as in skiing.b. To slide one's blade with pressure toward the hilt of the opponent's foil in fencing.n. trav·erse (trăv′ərs, trə-vûrs′)1. A passing across, over, or through.2. A route or path across or over.3. Something that lies across, especially:a. An intersecting line; a transversal.b. Architecture A structural crosspiece; a transom.c. A gallery, deck, or loft crossing from one side of a building to the other.d. A railing, curtain, screen, or similar barrier.e. A defensive barrier across a rampart or trench, as a bank of earth thrown up to protect against enfilade fire.4. Something that obstructs and thwarts; an obstacle.5. Nautical The zigzag route of a vessel forced by contrary winds to sail on different courses.6. A zigzag or diagonal course on a steep slope, as in skiing.7. a. A lateral movement, as of a lathe tool across a piece of wood.b. A part of a mechanism that moves in this manner.c. The lateral swivel of a mounted gun.8. A line established by sighting in surveying a tract of land.9. Law A formal denial of the opposing party's allegation of fact in a lawsuit.adj. trav·erse (trăv′ərs, trə-vûrs′) Lying or extending across; transverse.

[Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Vulgar Latin *trāversāre, from Late Latin trānsversāre, from Latin trānsversus, transverse; see transverse.]

tra·vers′a·ble adj.tra·vers′al n.tra·vers′er n.

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(ˈtrævɜːs; trəˈvɜːs) vb1. to pass or go over or back and forth over (something); cross2. (tr) to go against; oppose; obstruct3. to move or cause to move sideways or crosswise4. (tr) to extend or reach across5. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) to turn (an artillery gun) laterally on its pivot or mount or (of an artillery gun) to turn laterally6. (tr) to look over or examine carefully7. (Law) (tr) law to deny (an allegation of fact), as in pleading8. (Fencing) (intr) fencing to slide one's blade towards an opponent's hilt while applying pressure against his blade9. (Mountaineering) mountaineering to move across (a face) horizontally10. (Nautical Terms) (tr) nautical to brace (a yard) fore and aftn11. something being or lying across, such as a transom12. (Architecture) a gallery or loft inside a building that crosses it13. (Mathematics) maths another name for transversal¹14. an obstruction or hindrance15. (Fortifications) fortifications a protective bank or other barrier across a trench or rampart16. (Furniture) a railing, screen, or curtain17. the act or an instance of traversing or crossing18. a path or road across19. (Nautical Terms) nautical the zigzag course of a vessel tacking frequently20. (Law) law the formal denial of a fact alleged in the opposite party's pleading21. (Surveying) surveying a survey consisting of a series of straight lines, the length of each and the angle between them being measured22. (Mountaineering) mountaineering a horizontal move across a faceadjbeing or lying across; transverseadv an archaic word for across[C14: from Old French traverser, from Late Latin trānsversāre, from Latin trānsversus transverse] ˈtraversable adj traˈversal n ˈtraverser n

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(v. trəˈvɜrs, ˈtræv ərs; n., adj. ˈtræv ərs, trəˈvɜrs)

v. -versed, -vers•ing,
n., adj. v.t. 1. to pass or move over, along, or through; cross. 2. to go to and fro over or along. 3. to extend across or over: A bridge traverses the stream. 4. to go up, down, or across (a hill, rope, etc.) at an angle. 5. to ski across (a hill or slope). 6. to cause to move laterally. 7. to look over, examine, or consider carefully; review; survey. 8. to go counter to; obstruct. 9. to contradict or deny. 10. Law. a. (in pleading) to deny formally (an allegation). b. to enter into controversy on (a matter). 11. to turn and point (a gun) in any direction. v.i. 12. to pass along or go across something; cross. 13. to ski or climb across a slope on a diagonal. 14. to turn laterally, as a gun. 15. (in fencing) to glide the blade toward the hilt of the contestant's foil while applying pressure to the blade. n. 16. the act of passing across, over, or through. 17. something that crosses or extends across. 18. a transversal or similar line. 19. a place where one may traverse or cross; crossing. 20. a lateral or oblique course or movement. 21. something that obstructs or thwarts; obstacle. 22. a transverse gallery or loft in a church or other large building. 23. a bar, strip, rod, or other structural part placed or extending across; crosspiece; crossbar. 24. a railing, lattice, or screen serving as a barrier. 25. a. the zigzag track of a vessel compelled by contrary winds or currents to sail on different courses. b. each of the runs in a single direction made in such sailing. 26. a defensive barrier, parapet, or the like, placed transversely. 27. the horizontal turning of a mounted gun to change direction of fire. 28. a. the motion of a lathe tool or grinding wheel along a piece of work. b. a part moving along a piece of work in this way, as the carriage of a lathe. 29. a series of intersecting surveyed lines whose lengths and angles of intersection, measured at instrument stations, are recorded graphically on a map and in numerical form in data tables. 30. Law. a formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the other side. adj. 31. lying, extending, or passing across; transverse. trav•erse trav•erse [1250–1300; Middle English (n.) < Middle French « Latin trānsversus lying across, transverse; see trans-, versus] tra•vers′a•ble, adj. tra•vers′al, n. tra•vers′er, n.

traverse

1. To turn a weapon to the right or left on its mount.
2. A method of surveying in which lengths and directions of lines between points on the earth are obtained by or from field measurements, and used in determining positions of the points.

traverse

Past participle: traversed
Gerund: traversing

Imperative
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Present
I traverse
you traverse
he/she/it traverses
we traverse
you traverse
they traverse

Preterite
I traversed
you traversed
he/she/it traversed
we traversed
you traversed
they traversed

Present Continuous
I am traversing
you are traversing
he/she/it is traversing
we are traversing
you are traversing
they are traversing

Present Perfect
I have traversed
you have traversed
he/she/it has traversed
we have traversed
you have traversed
they have traversed

Past Continuous
I was traversing
you were traversing
he/she/it was traversing
we were traversing
you were traversing
they were traversing

Past Perfect
I had traversed
you had traversed
he/she/it had traversed
we had traversed
you had traversed
they had traversed

Future
I will traverse
you will traverse
he/she/it will traverse
we will traverse
you will traverse
they will traverse

Future Perfect
I will have traversed
you will have traversed
he/she/it will have traversed
we will have traversed
you will have traversed
they will have traversed

Future Continuous
I will be traversing
you will be traversing
he/she/it will be traversing
we will be traversing
you will be traversing
they will be traversing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been traversing
you have been traversing
he/she/it has been traversing
we have been traversing
you have been traversing
they have been traversing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been traversing
you will have been traversing
he/she/it will have been traversing
we will have been traversing
you will have been traversing
they will have been traversing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been traversing
you had been traversing
he/she/it had been traversing
we had been traversing
you had been traversing
they had been traversing

Conditional
I would traverse
you would traverse
he/she/it would traverse
we would traverse
you would traverse
they would traverse

Past Conditional
I would have traversed
you would have traversed
he/she/it would have traversed
we would have traversed
you would have traversed
they would have traversed

traverse

Curtains which are drawn across the stage.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	traverse - a horizontal beam that extends across somethingcrossbeam, crosspiece, travebeam - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
	2.	traverse - a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over ittransomcrosspiece - a transverse brace
	3.	traverse - taking a zigzag path on skis traversalcrossing - traveling acrossskiing - a sport in which participants must travel on skis
	4.	traverse - travel across traversaltravel, traveling, travelling - the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"
Verb	1.	traverse - travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"cross, cut across, cut through, get over, pass over, get across, track, covertramp - cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks"stride - cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods"walk - traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day"crisscross - cross in a pattern, often randomford - cross a river where it's shallowbridge - cross over on a bridgejaywalk - cross the road at a red lightdrive, take - proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"course - move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"hop - traverse as if by a short airplane trip; "Hop the Pacific Ocean"
	2.	traverse - to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"span, sweep, crosscover, extend, continue - span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
	3.	traverse - deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suitdenypractice of law, law - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"

traverse

verb1. cross, go across, travel over, make your way across, cover, range, bridge, negotiate, wander, go over, span, roam, ply I traversed the narrow pedestrian bridge.2. cut across, pass over, stretch across, extend across, lie across a steep-sided valley traversed by streams

traverse

verb1. To go across:cross, pass, track, transit.2. To move in a zigzag manner, as on a ski slope:zigzag.3. To move, as a gun, laterally:pivot, swivel.4. To look at carefully or critically:check (out), con, examine, go over, inspect, peruse, scrutinize, study, survey, view.Informal: case.Idiom: give a going-over.5. To take a stand against:buck, challenge, contest, dispute, oppose, resist.6. Law. To refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of:contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, negative, oppugn.nounSomething that impedes or prevents entry or passage:bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockage, clog, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, snag, stop, wall.adjectiveSituated or lying across:crossing, crosswise, thwart, transversal, transverse.

Translations

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Traverse

In Common-Law Pleading, a denial of the plaintiff's assertions.

For example, a plaintiff could bring a lawsuit in order to collect money that he claimed the defendant owed him. If the defendant answered the plaintiff's claim by stating in answer that she did not fail to pay the money owed on the date it was due, this is a denial of a fact essential to the plaintiff's case. The defendant can be said to traverse the plaintiff's declaration of an outstanding debt, and her plea itself could be called a traverse.

The system of common-law pleading has been replaced throughout the United States by Code Pleading and by rules patterned on the system of pleading in Federal Civil Procedure, but lawyers still use the word traverse for a denial. In some instances, it has taken on specialized meanings for different purposes. For example, in criminal practice, a traverse is a denial of the charges in an indictment that usually has the effect of delaying a trial on the indictment until a later term of the court. A traverse jury is one that hears the claims of the plaintiff and denials of the defendant—a trial jury or petit jury. A traverse hearing may be a pretrial hearing to determine whether the court has authority to hear the case—as when the defendant denies having been properly served with the plaintiff's summons and complaint.

traverse

the formal denial of a fact alleged in the opposite party's pleading.

TRAVERSE, crim. law practice. This is a technical term, which means to turnover: it is applied to an issue taken upon an indictment for a misdemeanor, and means nothing more than turning over or putting off the trial to a following sessions or assize; it has, perhaps with more propriety, been applied to the denying or taking issue upon an indictment, without reference to the delay of trial. Dick. Sess. 151; Burn's Just. h.t.; 4 Bl. Com. 351.

TRAVERSE, pleading. This term, from the French traverser, signifies to deny or controvert anything which is alleged in the declaration, plea, replication or other pleadings; Lawes' Civ. Plead. 116, 117 there is no real distinction between traverses and denials, they are the same in substance. Willes. R. 224. however, a traverse, in the strict technical meaning, and more ordinary acceptation of the term, signifies a direct denial in formal words, "without this that," &c. Summary of Pleadings, 75; 1 Chit. Pl. 576, n. a.
2. All issues are traverses, although all traverses cannot be said to be issues, and the difference is this; issues are where one or more facts are affirmed on one side, and directly and merely denied on the other; but special traverses are where the matter asserted by one party is not directly and merely denied or put in issue. by the other, but he alleges some new matter or distinction inconsistent with what is previously stated, and then distinctly excludes the previous statement of his adversary. The new matter so alleged is called the inducement to the traverse, and the exclusion of the previous statement, the traverse itself. Lawes' Civ. Pl. 117. See, in general, 20 Vin. Abr. 339; Com. Dig. Pleader, G; Bac. Abr. Pleas, H; Yelv. R. 147, 8; 1 Saund. 22, n. 2; Gould. on Pl. ell. 7 Bouv. Inst. Index, n. t.
3. A traverse upon a traverse is one growing out of the same point, or subject matter, as is embraced in a preceding traverse on the other side. Gould on Pl. ch. 7, Sec. 42, n. It is a general rule, that a traverse, well tendered on one side, must be accepted on the other. And hence it follows, as a general rule, that there cannot be a traverse upon a traverse, if the, first traverse is material. The meaning of the rule is, that when one party has tendered a material traverse, the other cannot leave it and tender another of his own to the same point upon the inducement of the first traverse, but must join in that first tendered; otherwise the parties might alternately tender traverses to each other, in unlimited succession, without coming to an issue. Gould on Pl. ch. 7, Sec. 42.
4. In cases where the first traverse is immaterial, there may be a traverse upon a traverse. Id. ch. 7, Sec. 43. And where the plaintiff might be ousted of some right or liberty the law allows him, there may be a traverse upon a traverse, although the first traverse include what is material. Poph. 101; Mo. 350; Com. Dig. Pleader, G 18; Bac. Abr. Pleas, H 4; Hob. 104, marg.; Cro. Eliz. 99, 418; Gould on Pl. ch. 7, 44.
5. Traverses may be divided into general traverses, (q.v.) and special traverses. (q.v.) There is a third kind called a common traverse. (q.v.)

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verb cross

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verb cut across

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verb to go across

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verb to move in a zigzag manner, as on a ski slope

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verb to move, as a gun, laterally

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verb to look at carefully or critically

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verb to take a stand against

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verb to refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of

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noun something that impedes or prevents entry or passage

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adj situated or lying across

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noun a horizontal beam that extends across something

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noun a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it

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noun taking a zigzag path on skis

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noun travel across

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verb travel across or pass over

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verb to cover or extend over an area or time period

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verb deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

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