Transgress Definition
trăns-grĕs, trănz-
transgressed, transgresses, transgressing
verb
transgressed, transgresses, transgressing
To overstep or break (a law, commandment, etc.)
Webster's New World
To go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.)
Webster's New World
To break a law or commandment; sin.
Webster's New World
To commit an offense by violating a law, principle, or duty.
American Heritage
To spread over land, especially over the land along a subsiding shoreline. Used of the sea.
American Heritage
Origin of Transgress
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Middle English transgressen from Old French transgresser from Latin trānsgredī trānsgress- to step across trāns- trans- gradī to go ghredh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin transgressum, past participle of transgredi.
From Wiktionary
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