transversed

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Our bodies are transversed by millions of nerve fibres that transmit information.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2023

These were transversed with the same colours of other heated bodies, and the latter were absorbed and rendered black.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

The rose-light from the ornate lamp brought out deep lines which transversed his yellow face.

From Whispering Wires by Leverage, Henry

It may be mentioned that on some of the bindings of his quarto volumes the broken pitcher is transversed by the wimble or toret—an obvious pun on his name.

From Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography by Roberts, W. (William)

This poem was attacked by Mr. Charles Montague, afterwards Earl of Hallifax, and Mr. Matthew Prior, who joined in writing the Hind and Panther, transversed to the Country Mouse, and City Mouse, Lond.

From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III by Cibber, Theophilus