tranation

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Etymology

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From Latin tranare, transnare (to swim over), from trans (across, over) + nare (to swim).

Noun

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tranation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The act of swimming over.
    • 1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant Notes Upon Don Quixot:
      In his Tranation he lookt about, and saw under him (though a farre off) his Lord upon Rosinante, no bigger than a Toad upon a Ducking-stoole.

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