TRESPASSES
Noun
trespasses
plural of trespass
Verb
trespasses
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trespass
Anagrams
• pastresses
Source: Wiktionary
TRESPASS
Tres"pass, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trespassed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trespassing.] Etym: [OF. trespasser to go across or over, transgress,
F. trépasser to die; pref. tres- (L. trans across, over) + passer to
pass. See Pass, v. i., and cf. Transpass.]
1. To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.
[Obs.]
Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . . trespassed out of this
uncertain world. Ld. Berners.
2. (Law)
Definition: To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land
of another.
3. To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or
importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of
another.
4. To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys
another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another;
hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or
command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed
by against.
In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the
Lord. 2 Chron. xxviii. 22.
Tres"pass, n. Etym: [OF. tr, F. trépas death. See Trespass, v.]
1. Any injury or offence done to another.
I you forgive all wholly this trespass. Chaucer.
If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father
forgive your trespasses. Matt. vi. 15.
2. Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a
known rule of duty; sin.
The fatal trespass done by Eve. Milton.
You . . . who were dead in trespasses and sins. Eph. if. 1.
3. (Law)
(a) An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis)
on the person, property, or relative rights of another.
(b) An action for injuries accompanied with force. Trespass offering
(Jewish Antiq.), an offering in expiation of a trespass.
– Trespass on the case. (Law) See Action on the case, under Case.
Syn.
– Offense; breach; infringement; transgression; misdemeanor;
misdeed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition