v. Obs. rare. [ad. L. transcurrĕre to run across. Cf. OF. transcourir (12th–15th c. in Godef.).] trans. and intr. To run across or over; to run or rove to and fro.
1528. Lyndesay, Dreme, 777. Tygris, Ganges, Ewphrates, and Nyle, Quhilk, in the est, Transcurris mony ane myle.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 720. It is caused by the Fixing of the Minde upon one Object … whereby it doth not spatiate and transcurre, as it useth.
