Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CROSS, v.t.

1. To draw or run a line, or lay a body across another; as, to cross a word in writing; to cross the arms.
2. To erase; to cancel; as, to cross an account.
3. To make the sign of the cross, as Catholics in devotion.
4. To pass from side to side; to pass or move over; as, to cross a road; to cross a river or the ocean. I crossed the English Channel, from Dieppe to Brighton, in a steam-boat, Sept. 18, 1824. – N. W.
5. To thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to embarrass; as, to cross a purpose or design.
6. To counteract; to clash or interfere with; to be inconsistent with; as, natural appetites may cross our principles.
7. To counteract or contravene; to hinder by authority; to stop. [See No. 5.]
8. To contradict. – Bacon. Hooker.
9. To debar or preclude. – Shak. To cross the breed of an animal, is to produce young from different varieties of the species.