transgress
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (4)
- 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”Synonyms: offendinfractviolatego againstbreachbreak
- spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline“The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island”
- commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral lawSynonyms: sintrespass
- pass beyond (limits or boundaries)Synonyms: trespassoverstep
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]
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]