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traversable, a.|ˈtrævəsəb(ə)l|
[f. traverse v. + -able.]
1. Capable of being traversed or crossed.
a1656Ussher Ann. vi. (1658) 218 Darius commanded it to be made all level, that it might be made the more traverseable for his horse. 1768Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 8 The land of philosophy..partly..traversable only by the speculative. 1812Examiner 31 Aug. 557/2 Every quarter of the traversible globe. 1859Tennent Ceylon II. vii. ii. 121 Roads..open and traversable at all seasons.
2. Law. Capable of being traversed or formally denied.
1534Star Chamb. Cases (Selden) II. 323 Eny other thyng, being materyall or trauersable, and not before aunswered confessed, avoyded, or trauersed, is true. 1588W. Lambarde Eiren. iv. v. (1602) 473 It neither contained the place where, nor the person to whome the lether was sold, both which be materiall and trauersable. 1620J. Wilkinson Courts Leet 110 A presentment made by fewer than by xii is traversable. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 70 The Bishops Certificate..is not Peremptory but Traversable. 1884Sir H. Cotton in Law Times Rep. LI. 535/2 Returns such as this..have not generally been traversed..but it does not..follow that they are not traversable.
3. Capable of being traced continuously, as a geometrical figure.
1905J. C. Wilson Traversing Geometr. Figures i. §29. 43 Resolution of a figure into a minimum of figures traversable in one traverse. |
