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transcur

transcur verb: to run or rove to and fro, to flit.

Verb

transcur (third-person singular simple present transcurs, present participle transcurring, simple past and past participle transcurred)

  1. (obsolete) To run or rove to and fro, to flit
    • For astonishment , it is caused by the fixing of the mind upon one object of cogitation , whereby it doth not spatiate and transcur, as it useth ; for in wonder the spirits fly not , as in fear ; but only settle , and are made less apt to move1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for...
  2. (probably nonstandard) To transpire, to occur

Forms of transcur

third-person singular presenttranscurs
present participletranscurring
past participletranscurred
pasttranscurred

Origin of transcur

From Latin transcurrere, transcursum, from trans (“across, over”) + currere (“to run”).

Questions about transcur

What does transcur mean?
Transcur means to run or rove to and fro, to flit.
What part of speech is transcur?
Transcur is a verb.
What is the past tense of transcur?
The past tense of transcur is transcurred.

Words near transcur in the dictionary

  1. transculturisation
  2. transculturisations
  3. transculturization
  4. transculturizations
  5. transcuprein
  6. transcur
  7. transcurred
  8. transcurrence
  9. transcurrent
  10. transcurrently
  11. transcurring

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