Definitions for transgress
trænsˈgrɛs, trænz-trans·gress

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, breakverb

   act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

   "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"

2. transgressverb

   spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline

   "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"

3. sin, transgress, trespassverb

   commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

4. transgress, trespass, overstepverb

   pass beyond (limits or boundaries)

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. transgressverb

   To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.

2. transgressverb

   To act in violation of some law.

3. transgressverb

   To commit an offense; to sin.

4. transgressverb

   To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.

5. Etymology: * From transgressum, past participle of transgredi.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Transgressverb

   Etymology: transgresser, French; transgressus, Latin.

   1. To pass over; to pass beyond.

   Long stood the noble youth oppress’d with awe,
   And stupid at the wond’rous things he saw,
   Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature’s law. Dryd.

   2. To violate; to break.

   Let no man doubt but that every thing is well done, because the world is ruled by so good a guide as transgresseth not his own law, than which nothing can be more absolute, perfect, and just. Richard Hooker, b. i.

   This sorrow we must repeat as often as we transgress the divine commandments. William Wake, Preparation for Death.

2. To Transgressverb

   To offend by violating a law.

   I would not marry her, though she were endowed with all Adam had left him before he transgressed. William Shakespeare.

   Achan transgressed in the thing accursed. 1 Chron. ii. 7.

   He upbraideth us with our offending the law, and objecteth to our infamy the transgressings of our education. Wisd.

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1. transgress

   To transgress means to go beyond or violate a law, command, moral code, or boundary, causing offense or committing a wrong. It refers to overstepping limits set by rules or social acceptability.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Transgressverb

   to pass over or beyond; to surpass

2. Transgressverb

   hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the /imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral

3. Transgressverb

   to offend against; to vex

4. Transgressverb

   to offend against the law; to sin

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Transgress

   trans-gres′, v.t. to pass beyond a limit: to break, as a law.—v.i. to offend by violating a law: to sin.—adj. Transgres′sible.—n. Transgres′sion, the act of transgressing: violation of a law or command: offence: fault: crime: sin.—adjs. Transgres′sional; Transgres′sive.—adv. Transgres′sively.—n. Transgres′sor, one who transgresses: one who violates a law or command: a sinner. [L. trans, across, gradi, gressus, to step.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of transgress in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of transgress in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of transgress in a Sentence

1. Abigail Neely:

   There is a special energy around this, it's designed to transgress the boundaries between disciplines in an effort to do some really deep, sustained critical thinking about some of the most important issues in the country and world at this moment.

2. Henry David Thoreau:

   Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=transgress
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Transgress
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=transgress
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transgress
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=transgress