Transgress definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TRANSGRESS', v.t. [L. transgressus, transgredior; trans and gradior, to pass ... to break or violate a law, civil or moral. To transgress a divine law, is sin. Legislators should not transgress laws of their own making. TRANSGRESS', v.i. To offend by violating a law; to sin ... or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" [syn: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break] [ant: keep, ...
... injure; as, a strong light offends weak eyes. 5. To transgress; to violate; as, to offend the laws. But we generally ... cut it off. Matthew 5. OFFEND', v.i. 1. To transgress the moral or divine law; to sin; to commit a ... I offended any thing at all. Acts 25. 2. To transgress; to violate; as, to offend against the laws of society ... or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" [syn: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break] [ant: keep, observe ... ob-, defend Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to transgress the moral or divine law ; sin < if it be a ... thoughtless words that offend needlessly > transitive verb 1. a. violate, transgress b. to cause pain to ; hurt 2. obsolete to ...
... 17:3. and 4. 3. In a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known ... a law of God or a moral law [syn: sin, transgress, trespass] 5: pass beyond (limits or boundaries) [syn: transgress, trespass, overstep] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English ... vb. n. Trespassing.] [OF. trespasser to go across or over, transgress, F. tr['e]passer to die; pref. tres- (L. trans ... the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known ... infringe, intrude, make inroad or invasion, trench, enter unlawfully. 2. Transgress, offend, sin, commit an offence. II. n. 1. Injury, ...
... and yet not violate. 2. To break; to infringe; to transgress; as, to violate the laws of the state, or the ... or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" [syn: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break] [ant: keep, observe ... to ravish; to outrage. Syn: To injure; disturb; interrupt; infringe; transgress; profane; deflour; debauch; dishonor. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (violates, violating ... English Synonyms v. a. 1. Injure, hurt. 2. Break, infringe, transgress, invade, break through, trench upon, encroach upon, set at naught ... threaten, torment, torture, trample, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, transgress, trespass, twist, ulcerate, vandalize, violate the law, vitiate, vulgarize, warp ...
... not to be done. 2. To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a ... Fraction, and cf. Infract .] 1. To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a ... Infringe In*fringe", v. i. 1. To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to injure; to offend. 2 ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms v. a. Break, violate, transgress, disobey, break through, trench upon, set at nought. Moby Thesaurus ... throng in, thrust in, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, transgress, trench, trespass, usurp, violate, violate the law, work in, worm ...
... 0 (2005) v 1: pass beyond (limits or boundaries) [syn: transgress, trespass, overstep] 2: be superior or better than some standard ... Merriam Webster's transitive verb Date: before 12th century exceed, transgress Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. (-stepped, -stepping) 1 pass beyond ... n. Overstepping.] [AS. ofersteppan.] To step over or beyond; to transgress. --Shak. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (oversteps, overstepping, overstepped) If you ... presume upon, superabound, surpass, take a liberty, take liberties, transcend, transgress, trespass, trouble, usurp
... a law of God or a moral law [syn: sin, transgress, trespass] 2: commit a faux pas or a fault or ... law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress. I am a man More sinned against than sinning. --Shak ... delinquency. 2. Offence, transgression. II. v. n. Trespass, do wrong, transgress. Moby Thesaurus aberrancy, aberration, abomination, atrocity, bad, breach, commit sin ... of omission, sinful act, sinfulness, slip, thou scarlet sin, tort, transgress, transgression, trespass, trip, unorthodoxy, untrueness, untruth, untruthfulness, unutterable sin, venial ...
... what is commanded, or to do what is forbid; to transgress or violate an order or injunction. Refractory children disobey their ... obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an ... command of, refuse submission to, disregard the commands of. 2. Transgress, violate, infringe, disregard, set at nought or defiance, go counter ... set at defiance, set at naught, set naught by, strike, transgress, violate
Transgressive definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TRANSGRESS'IVE, a. Faulty; culpable; apt to transgress. Merriam Webster's adjective see transgress Webster's 1913 Dictionary Transgressive Trans*gress"ive, a. [Cf ... over into another class. F. transgressif.] Disposed or tending to transgress; faulty; culpable. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Transgressive is used to ...
... or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" [syn: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break] [ant: keep, observe ... e. to render inoperable < broke his watch > 2. a. violate, transgress < break the law > < break a promise > b. to invalidate (a ... bankrupt. 6. Discard, dismiss, discharge, degrade, cashier. 7. Violate, infringe, transgress, disobey, set at nought. 8. Lessen the force of (as ... change, train, trample down, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, transgress, transition, transmit, transpire, trauma, traumatize, tread down, tread underfoot, tread ...
Transgressing definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TRANSGRESS'ING, ppr. Passing beyond; surpassing; violating; sinning. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Transgress Trans*gress", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transgressed; p. pr ... For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command. --Milton. 3. To offend against; to vex ...
Transgressed definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TRANSGRESS'ED, pp. Overpassed; violated. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Transgress Trans*gress", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transgressed; p. pr ... For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command. --Milton. 3. To offend against; to vex ...
... ME (= crime) f. OF forfet, forfait past part. of forfaire transgress (f. L foris outside) + faire f. L facere do Webster ... LL. forefactum, forifactum), prop. p. p. of forfaire to forfeit, transgress, fr. LL. forifacere, prop., to act beyond; L. foris out ... To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress. [Obs.] 2. To fail to keep an obligation. [Obs.] I ...
... is frequently the translation of 'asham, "to be guilty," "to transgress": Jer 2:3, the Revised Version (British and American) "shall ... sweep by (as) a wind, and shall pass over (margin "transgress"), and be guilty, (even) he whose might is his god ... 14; Jer 6:21, etc.); pasha`, "to be fractious," "to transgress" (Pr 18:19, "a brother offended," the Revised Version margin ...
... vb. n. Trespassing.] [OF. trespasser to go across or over, transgress, F. tr['e]passer to die; pref. tres- (L. trans ... the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known ...