- 1. v. t. To pass over or beyond; to surpass. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the /imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To offend against; to vex. Source: opted
- 4. v. i. To offend against the law; to sin. Source: opted
- 5. v. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises Source: wordnet
- 6. v. spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline Source: wordnet
- 7. v. commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law Source: wordnet
- 8. v. pass beyond (limits or boundaries) Source: wordnet
- 9. 1. To pass over or beyond; to surpass. [R.] Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law. Dryden. 2. Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command. Milton. 3. To offend against; to vex. [Obs.] Why give you peace to this imperate beast That hath so long transgressed you Beau. & Fl. To offend against the law; to sin. Who transgressed in the thing accursed. I Chron. ii. 7. Source: webster
- 10. To offend against the law; to sin.Who transgressed in the thing accursed. I Chron. ii. 7. Source: adambom
- 11. v:100 v. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises v. spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline v. pass beyond (limits or boundaries) Source: ecdict
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