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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: traverser, from Late Latin transversare, from Latin transvertere; TRANSVERSE

traverse

1 verb
     
tra‧verse1 [transitive]
formal to move across, over, or through something, especially an area of land or water:
two minutes to traverse the park
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