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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Trespass \Tres"pass\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trespassed; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Trespassing.] [OF. trespasser to go across or
   over, transgress, F. tr['e]passer to die; pref. tres- (L.
   trans across, over) + passer to pass. See Pass, v. i., and
   cf. Transpass.]
   1. To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to
      go. [Obs.]
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            Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . .
            trespassed out of this uncertain world. --Ld.
                                                  Berners.
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   2. (Law) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon
      the land of another.
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   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.
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   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.
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            In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more
            against the Lord.                     --2 Chron.
                                                  xxviii. 22.
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