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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transgress \Trans*gress"\, v. i.
To offend against the law; to sin.
Who transgressed in the thing accursed. --I Chron. ii
7.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
transgress
v 1: act in disregard of laws and rules "offend all laws of
humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human
civilization"; "break a law" [syn: {offend}, {infract},
{violate}, {go against}, {breach}, {break}]
2: pass beyond; of limits and boundaries [syn: {trespass}, {overstep}]
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