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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages;

2. entry to another's property without right or permission;
[syn: trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation]


VERB (5)

1. enter unlawfully on someone's property;
- Example: "Don't trespass on my land!"
[syn: trespass, intrude]

2. make excessive use of;
- Example: "You are taking advantage of my good will!"
- Example: "She is trespassing upon my privacy"
[syn: trespass, take advantage]

3. break the law;

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

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trespass \Tres"pass\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trespassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trespassing.] [OF. trespasser to go across or over, transgress, F. tr['e]passer 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.] [1913 Webster] Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . . trespassed out of this uncertain world. --Ld. Berners. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord. --2 Chron. xxviii. 22. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trespass \Tres"pass\, n. [OF. trespas, F. tr['e]pas death. See Trespass, v.] 1. Any injury or offence done to another. [1913 Webster] I you forgive all wholly this trespass. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. --Matt. vi. 15. [1913 Webster] 2. Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin. [1913 Webster] The fatal trespass done by Eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster] You . . . who were dead in trespasses and sins. --Eph. if. 1. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Trespass offering (Jewish Antiq.), an offering in expiation of a trespass. Trespass on the case. (Law) See Action on the case, under Case. [1913 Webster] Syn: Offense; breach; infringement; transgression; misdemeanor; misdeed. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

trespass n 1: a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages 2: entry to another's property without right or permission [syn: trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation] v 1: enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my land!" [syn: trespass, intrude] 2: make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy" [syn: trespass, take advantage] 3: break the law 4: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law [syn: sin, transgress, trespass] 5: pass beyond (limits or boundaries) [syn: transgress, trespass, overstep]