"transgress" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /tɹænzˈɡɹɛs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-transgress.wav [Southern-England] Forms: transgresses [present, singular, third-person], transgressing [participle, present], transgressed [participle, past], transgressed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛs Etymology: From Middle English transgressen, from Old French transgresser and Latin transgressus, past participle of transgredī. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|transgressen}} Middle English transgressen, {{der|en|fro|transgresser}} Old French transgresser, {{der|en|la|transgressus}} Latin transgressus, {{m|la|transgredī}} transgredī Head templates: {{en-verb}} transgress (third-person singular simple present transgresses, present participle transgressing, simple past and past participle transgressed)
  1. (transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to exceed or overstep): forpass Translations (to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary): престъпвам (prestǎpvam) (Bulgarian), t:h-rd-D54 (thj) (Egyptian), franchir (French), transgresser (French), ushilia (Ngazidja Comorian), ushia (Ngazidja Comorian), overskride (Norwegian Bokmål), overtre (Norwegian Bokmål), överträda (Swedish), överskrida (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-transgress-en-verb-YOK7HAit Disambiguation of 'to exceed or overstep': 96 0 2 2 Disambiguation of 'to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary': 98 0 1 0
  2. (transitive) To act in violation of some law. Tags: transitive Translations (to act in violation of some law): нарушавам (narušavam) (Bulgarian), přestoupit (Czech), transgresser (French), trasgredire (Italian), takahi (Maori), transgredir (Portuguese), greși (Romanian), преступа́ть (prestupátʹ) (Russian), peacaich (Scottish Gaelic), transgredir (Spanish), äverträda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-transgress-en-verb-Cd9msz5A Disambiguation of 'to act in violation of some law': 0 99 1 0
  3. (intransitive, construed with against) To commit an offense; to sin. Tags: intransitive Translations (to commit an offense, to sin): прегрешавам (pregrešavam) (Bulgarian), t:h-rd-D54 (thj) (Egyptian), pécher (French), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (frawaurkjan) (Gothic), ciontaigh (Irish), praevaricō (Latin), hara (Maori)
    Sense id: en-transgress-en-verb-FQV2Veoz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 19 41 12 Disambiguation of 'to commit an offense, to sin': 1 0 98 0
  4. (intransitive, of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-transgress-en-verb-7tarMZo4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: surpass, transcend Related terms: transgressible, transgression, transgressive, transgressor

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to act in violation of some law",
      "word": "transgresser"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to act in violation of some law",
      "word": "trasgredire"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to act in violation of some law",
      "word": "takahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to act in violation of some law",
      "word": "transgredir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to act in violation of some law",
      "word": "greși"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prestupátʹ",
      "sense": "to act in violation of some law",
      "word": "преступа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to act in violation of some law",
      "word": "peacaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to act in violation of some law",
      "word": "transgredir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to act in violation of some law",
      "word": "äverträda"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pregrešavam",
      "sense": "to commit an offense, to sin",
      "word": "прегрешавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "thj",
      "sense": "to commit an offense, to sin",
      "word": "t:h-rd-D54"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to commit an offense, to sin",
      "word": "pécher"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "frawaurkjan",
      "sense": "to commit an offense, to sin",
      "word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to commit an offense, to sin",
      "word": "ciontaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to commit an offense, to sin",
      "word": "praevaricō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to commit an offense, to sin",
      "word": "hara"
    }
  ],
  "word": "transgress"
}

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