transit-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: (cause or allow to) make a passage or journey

Examples:
The canal will transit hundreds of ships each year.
Many of the hijackers transited through Iran.
A revolving door remains to transit to and from the compound.

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VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: transit.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4

Sense Number 2: CELESTIAL: pass across the meridian of a place

Examples:
Mercury will transit the Sun for the first time since 2003.
Satalites ISS and Discovery will transit the Sun.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: revolve (a telescope) about its horizontal axis

Examples:
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Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3