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Transgress v. t. (past & past part. transgressed; pres. part. transgressing)

To pass over or beyond; to surpass. (R.) "Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law."

Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the limit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral. "For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command."

To offend against; to vex. (Obs.) "Why give you peace to this imperate beast That hath so long transgressed you?"

Transgress v. i. To offend against the law; to sin. "Who transgressed in the thing accursed."

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Etymology of 'Transgress'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Transgress" Quotes from Famous Books

... expression. All graces and harmonies, and perfections of creation centered in him, for he was the image of his Maker. He was incapable of disease, because disease is disharmony and the fruit of sin, which as yet existed not. And he was obedient unto the voice of the Lord, nor did he transgress His laws in anything. His meat was the herb of the field and the fruit of the tree, and his drink the running brook. He had no permission to eat of flesh. But in an evil hour he fell; a leprosy overspread his body and his soul; the ...

— The Lost Hunter - A Tale of Early Times • John Turvill Adams

... supremely rational. The Archetype is outraged by the violation of the type. Moreover, as the two are substantially distinct, the one being God, the other a faculty of man, there is room for a command, for law. A man may transgress and sin, in more than the philosophical sense of the word: he may be properly a law-breaker, by offending against this supreme Reason, higher and other than ...

— Moral Philosophy • Joseph Rickaby, S. J.

... your country of Nueva Espana, and that the object be attained for which it is permitted—that is, that it be directed to the settlement and conservation of the said islands and applied to the benefit and advantage of the citizens—taking care that nothing be done which shall transgress any order which has been given in the matter, or which may be so given in the future, and with great care favoring the interests of the said islands. In this you will ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume XI, 1599-1602 • Various

... Jesus the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem, saying: (2)Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. (3)And he answering said to them: Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, for the sake of your tradition? (4)For God ...

— The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. • Various

... early life, he will perhaps clash into the ring on horseback and harangue the assembly from the saddle. Then if in the midst of his impassioned volubility any Hotspur interrupt the orator, the latter foams with rage and would transgress all bounds of propriety if the lifted hand of some elder ...

— Life of Schamyl - And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia • John Milton Mackie

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