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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;
- Example: "offend all laws of humanity"
- Example: "violate the basic laws or human civilization"
- Example: "break a law"
- Example: "break a promise"
[syn: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break]

2. spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline;
- Example: "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"

3. commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law;
[syn: sin, transgress, trespass]

4. pass beyond (limits or boundaries);
[syn: transgress, trespass, overstep]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Transgress \Trans*gress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transgressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transgressing.] [Cf. F. transgresser. See Transgression.] 1. To pass over or beyond; to surpass. [R.] [1913 Webster] Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the ?imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral. [1913 Webster] For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To offend against; to vex. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Why give you peace to this imperate beast That hath so long transgressed you ? --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Transgress \Trans*gress"\, v. i. To offend against the law; to sin. [1913 Webster] Who transgressed in the thing accursed. --I Chron. ii. 7. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

transgress v 1: 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" [syn: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break] [ant: keep, observe] 2: spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island" 3: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law [syn: sin, transgress, trespass] 4: pass beyond (limits or boundaries) [syn: transgress, trespass, overstep]