Trespass /(?)/

Tres·pass

Trespass

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Trespassed; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.
    — Ld. Berners.
  2. To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another. (Law)
  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.
    — 2 Chron. xxviii. 22.

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.
    — Matt. vi. 15.
  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.
    — Eph. if. 1.
  3. An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another. (Law)

Phrases & Compounds

Trespass offering
an offering in expiation of a trespass.
Trespass on the case
See Action on the case, under Case.