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Transgress

Transgress Meaning & Definition
Transgress Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Transgress?

[v] pass beyond; of limits and boundaries
[v] commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
[v] act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"
[v] spread over land, esp. along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Transgress: breach | infract | offend | overstep | sin | trespass | trespass

Related Terms | Find terms related to Transgress:

See Also | blunder | boob | break | conflict | contravene | disrespect | fall | go across | go against | go through | goof | infringe | intrude | overspread | pass | run afoul | spread | violate

Transgress In Webster's Dictionary

\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.] Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law. --Dryden. 2. Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the ?imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral. For man will hearken to his glozing lies, 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 transgressed you ? --Beau. & Fl.
\Trans*gress"\, v. i. To offend against the law; to sin. Who transgressed in the thing accursed. --I Chron. ii. 7.

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