transverberate

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verb

To beat or strike through

Scrabble 19

Meanings

verbtransverberate (third-person singular simple present transverberates, present participle transverberating, simple past and past participle transverberated)

present singular third person transverberates · participle present transverberating · participle past transverberated · past transverberated

  1. To perform transverberation

Origin

  1. Latintransverberatus
  2. Englishtransverberate

From Latin transverberatus, past participle of transverberare (“to strike or pierce through”).

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APA

transverberate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transverberate

MLA

“transverberate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transverberate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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