All 9 Uses of
traverse
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- Shall I meet you again, after having traversed immense seas, and returned by the most southern cape of Africa or America?†
p. 22.6 *traversed = traveled across
- Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep.†
p. 58.9traversing = traveling across
- I traversed the streets without any clear conception of where I was or what I was doing.†
p. 60.4traversed = traveled across
- After some days spent in listless indolence, during which I traversed many leagues, I arrived at Strasbourg, where I waited two days for Clerval.†
p. 159.6
- With this resolution I traversed the northern highlands and fixed on one of the remotest of the Orkneys as the scene of my labours.†
p. 168.3
- I have traversed a vast portion of the earth and have endured all the hardships which travellers in deserts and barbarous countries are wont to meet.†
p. 205.4
- Some weeks before this period I had procured a sledge and dogs and thus traversed the snows with inconceivable speed.†
p. 209.6
- Who can follow an animal which can traverse the sea of ice and inhabit caves and dens where no man would venture to intrude?†
p. 203.6
- My courage and perseverance were invigorated by these scoffing words; I resolved not to fail in my purpose, and calling on heaven to support me, I continued with unabated fervour to traverse immense deserts, until the ocean appeared at a distance and formed the utmost boundary of the horizon.†
p. 209.3
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.