transgress
verb/tɹænzˈɡɹɛs/
Etymology
From Middle English transgressen, from Old French transgresser and Latin transgressus, past participle of transgredior.
- derived from transgressus
- derived from transgresser
- inherited from transgressen
Definitions
To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
- surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law
- They sometimes transgressed colonial boundaries, forming border communities with Native Americans and escaped black slaves.
To act in violation of some law.
- For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command.
- There were some young men who transgressed the ḥerem and danced with foreign women [i.e. non-relatives] and forbidden women.
To commit an offense
To commit an offense; to sin.
- Why give you peace to this untemperate beast That hath so long transgressed you?
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To spread over land along a shoreline
To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.
The neighborhood
- synonymsurpass
- synonymtranscend
- neighbortransgressible
- neighbortransgression
- neighbortransgressive
- neighbortransgressor
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA