TRANSGRESS


Meaning of TRANSGRESS in English

■ verb

1》 go beyond the limits set by (a moral principle, standard, law, etc.).

2》 Geology (of the sea) spread over (an area of land).

Derivatives

~ion noun

~ive adjective

~or noun

Origin

C15 (earlier (ME) as ~ion ): from OFr. ~er or L. ~- , transgredi 'step across'.

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