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transvert

transvert verb: to cause to turn across; to transverse.

Verb

transvert (third-person singular simple present transverts, present participle transverting, simple past and past participle transverted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to turn across; to transverse.
    • Why mannes langage wil procure and transvert / The wille of wymmen and vyrgyns innocent1448, The Craft of Lovers

Forms of transvert

third-person singular presenttransverts
present participletransverting
past participletransverted
pasttransverted

Origin of transvert

From Latin transvertere. See transverse (adjective).

Words formed from transvert

Questions about transvert

What does transvert mean?
Transvert means to cause to turn across; to transverse.
What part of speech is transvert?
Transvert is a verb.
What is the past tense of transvert?
The past tense of transvert is transverted.

Words near transvert in the dictionary

  1. transversospinales
  2. transversospinalis
  3. transversostomies
  4. transversostomy
  5. transversus abdominis
  6. transvert
  7. transverted
  8. transverter
  9. transverters
  10. transvertible
  11. transverting

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