Transverse \Trans*verse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transversed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing.]

To overturn; to change. [R.]

--C. Leslie.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Transverse \Trans*verse"\, v. t. [Pref. trans- + verse, n. Cf.Transpose.]

To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. [Obs.]

--Duke of Buckingham.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Transverse \Trans*verse"\, a. [L. transversus, p. p. of transvertere to turn on direct across; trans across + vertere to turn: cf. F. transverse. See Verse, and cf. Traverse.]

Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal.

Transverse axis (of an ellipse or hyperbola) (Geom.), that axis which passes through the foci.

Transverse partition (Bot.), a partition, as of a pericarp, at right angles with the valves, as in the siliques of mustard.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Transverse \Trans"verse\, n.

1. Anything that is transverse or athwart.

2. (Geom.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)