1. (a.) Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- opposed to longitudinal\.

2. (n.) Anything that is transverse or athwart.

3. (n.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.

4. (v. t.) To overturn; to change.

5. (v. t.) To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.

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