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Yes, traverse is playable

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"Traverse" Definition

noun

A defensive barrier across a rampart or trench, as a bank of earth thrown up to protect against enfilade fire.
A gallery, deck, or loft crossing from one side of a building to the other.
A lateral movement, as of a lathe tool across a piece of wood.
A line established by sighting in surveying a tract of land.
A part of a mechanism that moves in this manner.

verb

To go against or act in opposition to .
To deny (as an allegation of fact or an indictment) formally at law.
To go or across or over.
To move or pass along or through .
To make a study of .

verb-transitive

Law To deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a suit. See Synonyms at deny.
Law To join issue upon (an indictment).
Nautical To brace (a yard) fore and aft.
To cause to move laterally on a pivot; swivel: traverse an artillery piece.
To extend across; cross: a bridge that traverses a river.

adjective

Lying or extending across; transverse.
Lying across .

verb-intransitive

To go up, down, or across a slope diagonally or in a zigzag manner, as in skiing.
To move to the side or back and forth.
To turn laterally; swivel.

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