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Webster 1913 Edition
Transgress
Trans-gress′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Transgressed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Transgressing
.] [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 [GREEK]imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral.
For man will hearken to his glozing lies,
And easily
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
That hath so long
transgressed
you ? Beau. & Fl.
Trans-gress′
,Verb.
I.
To offend against the law; to sin.
Who
transgressed
in the thing accursed. I Chron. ii. 7.
Webster 1828 Edition
Transgress
TRANSGRESS'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To pass over or beyond any limit; to surpass.2.
In a moral sense, to overpass any rule prescribed as the limit of duty; to break or violate a law, civil or moral. To transgress a divine law, is sin. Legislators should not transgress laws of their own making.TRANSGRESS'
,Verb.
I.
Chron 2.
Definition 2024
transgress
transgress
English
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.
- Dryden
- surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law
- Dryden
- (transitive) To act in violation of some law.
- Milton
- For man will hearken to his glozing lies, / And easily transgress the sole command.
- Milton
- (intransitive, construed with against) To commit an offense; to sin.
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- Why give you peace to this imperate beast / That hath so long transgressed you?
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- (intransitive, of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.
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Translations
to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary
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to act in violation of some law
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