All 4 Uses of
traverse
in
David Copperfield
- I was on my downward way then, but the dreary, dreary road I have traversed since!†
Chpt 37-39 *traversed = traveled across
- In the evening I started, by that conveyance, down the road I had traversed under so many vicissitudes.†
Chpt 55-57
- The well-remembered ground was soon traversed, and I came into the quiet streets, where every stone was a boy's book to me.†
Chpt 58-60
- Now, it struck me, when we began to visit individuals in their cells, and to traverse the passages in which those cells were, and to have the manner of the going to chapel and so forth, explained to us, that there was a strong probability of the prisoners knowing a good deal about each other, and of their carrying on a pretty complete system of intercourse.†
Chpt 61-62
Definitions:
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(1)
(traverse) travel across
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Traverse is used in many senses. All the common ones reference crossing something; e.g., crossing terrain, a beam that extends across something, etc. A comprehensive dictionary will show less common meanings.