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Definition of 'transgress'

English

Verb

(es)
  • To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
  • * Dryden
  • surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law
  • To act in violation of some law.
  • * Milton
  • For man will hearken to his glozing lies, / And easily transgress the sole command.
  • To commit an offense; to sin.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
  • Why give you peace to this imperate beast / That hath so long transgressed you?
  • (of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.
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