Trespass /(?)/
Tres·pass
Trespass
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Trespassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trespassing
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To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go. [Obs.]
Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . . trespassed out of this uncertain world.
- To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another. (Law)
- To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another.
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To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed by against.
In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord.
Trespass
n.
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Any injury or offence done to another.
I you forgive all wholly this trespass.
If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin.
The fatal trespass done by Eve.
You . . . who were dead in trespasses and sins.
- An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another. (Law)
Phrases & Compounds
- Trespass offering
- an offering in expiation of a trespass.
- Trespass on the case
- See Action on the case, under Case.