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transgressing


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Transgress  \Trans*gress"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Transgressed}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Transgressing}.]  [Cf.  F.  transgresser.  See 
  {Transgression}.] 
  1.  To  pass  over  or  beyond;  to  surpass.  [R.] 
 
  Surpassing  common  faith,  transgressing  nature's  law. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  Hence  to  overpass,  as  any  prescribed  as  the  ?imit  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.  --Milton. 
 
  3.  To  offend  against;  to  vex.  [Obs.] 
 
  Why  give  you  peace  to  this  imperate  beast  That  hath 
  so  long  transgressed  you  ?  --Beau.  &  Fl 




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