Trespass, v. i. [OF. trespasser to go across or over, transgress, F. trépasser to die; pref. tres- (L. trans across, over) + passer to pass. See Pass, v. i., and cf. Transpass.].

To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go. [1913 Webster]
"Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . . trespassed out of this uncertain world." [1913 Webster]
To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
"In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord." [1913 Webster]

Trespass, n. [OF. trespas, F. trépas death. See Trespass, v.].

Any injury or offence done to another. [1913 Webster]
"I you forgive all wholly this trespass." [1913 Webster]

"If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." [1913 Webster]
Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin. [1913 Webster]
"The fatal trespass done by Eve." [1913 Webster]

"You . . . who were dead in trespasses and sins." [1913 Webster]
An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another. [1913 Webster]

Trespass offering (Jewish Antiq.), an offering in expiation of a trespass. -- Trespass on the case. (Law) See Action on the case, under Case.

Syn. -- Offense; breach; infringement; transgression; misdemeanor; misdeed.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Trespass, v. & n.
--v.intr.
1 (usu. foll. by on, upon) make an unlawful or unwarrantable intrusion (esp. on land or property).
2 (foll. by on) make unwarrantable claims (shall not trespass on your hospitality).
3 (foll. by against) literary or archaic offend.
--n.
1 Law a voluntary wrongful act against the person or property of another, esp. unlawful entry to a person's land or property.
2 archaic a sin or offence.

Idiom

trespass on a person's preserves meddle in another person's affairs.

Derivative

trespasser n.

Etymology

ME f. OF trespasser pass over, trespass, trespas (n.), f. med.L transpassare (as TRANS-, PASS(1))

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THESAURUS

Trespass

adopt, adoption, advance upon, appropriate, appropriation, arrogate, arrogation, assume, assumption, atrocity, bad faith, barge in, breach, breach of contract, breach of faith, breach of law, breach of privilege, breach of promise, breach of trust, breach the law, break, break bounds, break in, break in upon, break the law, breaking, burst in, butt in, charge in, circumvent the law, come between, commit a crime, commit sin, contravene, contravention, crash, crash in, crash the gates, creep in, crime, crime against humanity, crowd in, cut in, deadly sin, defy, delinquency, dereliction, deviate, disobey the law, disregard the law, do amiss, do violence to, do wrong, do wrong by, edge in, elbow in, encroach, encroachment, enormity, enter, entrance, entrench, entrenchment, err, error, evil, failure, fault, felony, flout, foist in, genocide, go too far, guilty act, heavy sin, horn in, impinge, impingement, impose, impose on, impose upon, imposition, impropriety, incursion, indiscretion, inexpiable sin, infiltrate, infiltration, influx, infract, infraction, infringe, infringement, iniquity, injection, injury, injustice, inroad, insinuate, insinuation, interfere, interference, interjection, interlope, interloping, intermeddle, interpose, interposition, interposure, interruption, intervene, intervention, intrude, intrusion, invade, invasion, irrupt, irruption, know no bounds, lapse, lawbreaking, make an inroad, malefaction, malfeasance, malum, minor wrong, misdeed, misdemeanor, misfeasance, mortal sin, nonfeasance, obtrude, obtrusion, offend, offense, omission, outrage, overstep, overstep the bounds, overstepping, peccadillo, peccancy, penetrate, pierce, play God, playing God, press in, pretend to, probe, push in, put on, put upon, rush in, seize, seizure, set at defiance, set at naught, set naught by, sin, sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, slink in, slip, slip in, smash in, sneak in, squeeze in, steal in, storm in, take over, throng in, thrust in, tort, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, transgress, transgression, trench, trespassing, trip, unlawful entry, unutterable sin, usurp, usurpation, venial sin, violate, violate the law, violation, violation of law, work in, worm in, wrong

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ROGET THESAURUS

Trespass

Vice

VB be vicious, sin, commit sin, do amiss, err, transgress, misdemean oneself, forget oneself, misconduct oneself, misdo, misbehave, fall, lapse, slip, trip, offend, trespass, deviate from the line of duty, deviate from the path of virtue, take a wrong course, go astray, hug a sin, hug a fault, sow one's wild oats, render vicious, demoralize, brutalize, corrupt.

Guilt

N guilt, guiltiness, culpability, criminality, criminousness, deviation from rectitude, sinfulness, misconduct, misbehavior, misdoing, misdeed, malpractice, fault, sin, error, transgression, dereliction, delinquency, indiscretion, lapse, slip, trip, faux pas, peccadillo, flaw, blot, omission, failing, failure, break, bad break!, capital crime, delictum, offense, trespass, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision, malefaction, malfeasance, malversation, crime, felony, enormity, atrocity, outrage, deadly sin, mortal sin, deed without a name, corpus delicti, guilty, to blame, culpable, peccable, in fault, at fault, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable, illaudable, weighed in the balance and found wanting, exceptionable, in flagrante delicto, red-handed, in the very act, with one's hand in the cookie jar, cui prodest scelus in fecit, culpam paena premit comes, O would the deed were good!, responsibility prevents crimes se judice nemo noce, so many laws argues so many sins.

Transcursion

N transcursion, transiliency, transgression, trespass, encroachment, infringement, extravagation, transcendence, redundancy, surpassing, beyond the mark, ahead.

VB transgress, surpass, pass, go beyond, go by, show in front, come to the front, shoot ahead of, steal a march upon, steal a gain upon, overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo, override, overleap, overjump, overskip, overlap, overshoot the mark, outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep, outrun, outride, outrival, outdo, beat, beat hollow, distance, leave in the lurch, leave in the rear, throw into the shade, exceed, transcend, surmount, soar, encroach, trespass, infringe, trench upon, entrench on, intrench on, strain, stretch a point, strain a point, cross the Rubicon.

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