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TRANSGRESS
transgress, trespass, overstep
(verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
sin, transgress, trespass
(verb) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
(verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; “offend all laws of humanity”; “violate the basic laws or human civilization”; “break a law”; “break a promise”
transgress
(verb) spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; “The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
transgress (third-person singular simple present transgresses, present participle transgressing, simple past and past participle transgressed)
(transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
(transitive) To act in violation of some law.
(intransitive, construed with against) To commit an offense; to sin.
(intransitive, of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.
Synonyms
• (to exceed or overstep): forpass, surpass, transcend; see also transcend
Source: Wiktionary
Trans*gress", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transgressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transgressing.] Etym: [Cf. F. transgresser. See Transgression.]
1. To pass over or beyond; to surpass. [R.] Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law. Dryden.
2. Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command. Milton.
3. To offend against; to vex. [Obs.] Why give you peace to this imperate beast That hath so long transgressed you Beau. & Fl.
Trans*gress", v. i.
Definition: To offend against the law; to sin. Who transgressed in the thing accursed. I Chron. ii. 7.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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