Transgress

/tɹænzˈɡɹɛs/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
2. (transitive) To act in violation of some law.
3. (intransitive, construed with against) To commit an offense; to sin.
4. (intransitive, of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.

Example Sentences

surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law

They sometimes transgressed colonial boundaries, forming border communities with Native Americans and escaped black slaves.

For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command.

There were some young men who transgressed the ḥerem and danced with foreign women [i.e. non-relatives] and forbidden women.

Why give you peace to this untemperate beast That hath so long transgressed you?

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Word Forms

• transgresses
• transgressing
• transgressed

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