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Transgress

//tɹænzˈɡɹɛs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary. transitive

    "surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law"

  2. 2
    pass beyond (limits or boundaries) wordnet
  3. 3
    To act in violation of some law. transitive

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

  4. 4
    commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law wordnet
  5. 5
    To commit an offense; to sin. intransitive

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

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  1. 6
    act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises wordnet
  2. 7
    To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate. intransitive
  3. 8
    spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English transgressen, from Old French transgresser and Latin transgressus, past participle of transgredior.

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