transcur

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verb

To run or rove to and fro, to flit

OriginLatin transcurrere →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person transcurs · participle present transcurring · participle past transcurred · past transcurred

  1. obsoleteTo 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 move

    1627 (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 William Lee […], →OCLC
  2. probably nonstandardTo transpire, to occur

Origin

  1. Latintranscurrere
  2. Englishtranscur

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

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transcur,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcur.

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