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/trˈɛspˌæs/ /trˈɛspəs/ Listen

noun

Trespass n.

1.

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."

2.

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."

3.

(Law)

(a)

An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another.

(b)

An action for injuries accompanied with force.

Trespass offering (Jewish Antiq.), an offering in expiation of a trespass.

Trespass on the case. (Law) See Action on the case, under Case.

Synonyms: Offense; breach; infringement; transgression; misdemeanor; misdeed.

verb

Trespass v. i. (past & past part. trespassed; pres. part. trespassing)

1.

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."

2.

(Law) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another.

3.

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.

4.

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."

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Etymology of 'Trespass'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Trespass" Quotes from Famous Books

... more suggestive of queries—as everybody knows from experience—than the products of culinary art. I will not, however, further trespass on space which may be devoted to a more dignified topic, ...

— Notes & Queries, No. 4, Saturday, November 24, 1849 • Various

... talks of trespass? I shall tell you quite openly when I am tired of you, but you know when we had the studio together, we used not to bore each other. However, it is ill talking of going away on the moment of your arrival. Just a stroll to the river, and then it will ...

— Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes - Mystic-Humorous Stories • Various

... to set forth that the House of Lords in Ireland had lately, "against law, assumed to themselves a power and jurisdiction to examine, correct, and amend the judgments and decrees of the courts of justice in the kingdom of Ireland;" and this alleged trespass of the Irish House of Lords was the whole cause of the new measure. The Act declared that the Irish House of Lords had no jurisdiction "to judge of, affirm, or reverse any judgment, sentence, or decree given or made in any court within the said ...

— A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4) • Justin McCarthy

... need not trespass further upon your attention, except to lay before you the subject we are invited to discuss: the choice of "a meridian to be employed as a common zero of longitude and standard of time reckoning throughout the world;" and I shall beg you to complete ...

— International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. • Various

... to be trusted with a woman In her first labor. Well, well! she shall come. —Observe how earnest the old gossip is, (Coming forward) Because this Lesbia is her pot-companion. —Oh grant my mistress, Heav'n, a safe delivery, And let the midwife trespass any where Rather than here!—But what is it I see? Pamphilus all disorder'd: How I fear The cause! I'll wait a while, that I may know If this commotion ...

— The Comedies of Terence • Publius Terentius Afer

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