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transcurs

transcurs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of transcur.

Meaning of transcur

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

Questions about transcurs

What is transcurs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Transcurs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of transcur.

Words near transcurs in the dictionary

  1. transcurred
  2. transcurrence
  3. transcurrent
  4. transcurrently
  5. transcurring
  6. transcurs
  7. transcursion
  8. transcursions
  9. transcutaneous
  10. transcutaneously
  11. transcuticular

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