transgress

transgress
v
1. pass over, overpass, overstep, go beyond, exceed; intrude, encroach, trespass, invade.
2. break, infringe, breach, infract, commit a breach or an infraction, violate, disobey, defy, contravene; ignore, disregard, neglect, disdain, scorn; fail to notice, take no note of, let slip or slide, forget, shirk, slight.
3.Usu. transgress against sin, err, deviate from the path of virtue, take a wrong course; go astray, fall from grace, go to the devil; make a mistake, go wrong, slip up, lapse, trip, stray from the straight and narrow, misbehave; go to pot, go to hell, go to hell in a hand-basket; offend, sin against, injure, hurt, harm, wound, wrong, malign.

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  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • transgress — trans·gress /tranz gres, trans / vt 1: to go beyond limits set or prescribed by: violate 2: to pass beyond or go over (a limit or boundary) vi 1: to violate a law 2 …   Law dictionary

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • transgress — (v.) late 15c., from M.Fr. transgresser (14c.), from L. transgressus, pp. of transgredi to step across (see TRANSGRESSION (Cf. transgression)). Related: Transgressed; transgressing …   Etymology dictionary

  • transgress — ► VERB ▪ go beyond the limits set by (a moral principle, standard, law, etc.). DERIVATIVES transgression noun transgressive adjective transgressor noun. ORIGIN Latin transgredi step across …   English terms dictionary

  • transgress — [trans gres′, tranzgres′] vt. [Fr transgresser < L transgressus, pp. of transgredi, to step over, pass over < trans , TRANS + gradi, to step, walk: see GRADE] 1. to overstep or break (a law, commandment, etc.) 2. to go beyond (a limit,… …   English World dictionary

  • transgress — transgressive, adj. transgressively, adv. transgressor, n. /trans gres , tranz / v.i. 1. to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin. v.t. 2. to pass over or go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.): to transgress bounds of prudence …   Universalium

  • transgress — v. (formal) (D; intr.) to transgress against * * * [trænz gres] (formal) (D; intr.) to transgress against …   Combinatory dictionary

  • transgress — UK [trænzˈɡres] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms transgress : present tense I/you/we/they transgress he/she/it transgresses present participle transgressing past tense transgressed past participle transgressed formal to do something …   English dictionary

  • transgress — /trænzˈgrɛs / (say tranz gres) verb (t) 1. to pass over or go beyond (a limit, etc.): to transgress the bounds of prudence. 2. to go beyond the limits imposed by (a law, command, etc.); violate; infringe; break. –phrase 3. transgress against, to… …  

  • transgress — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French transgresser, from Latin transgressus, past participle of transgredi to step beyond or across, from trans + gradi to step more at grade Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to violate a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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