Trespassing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trespassing
       adj : gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved
             back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists";
             "trespassing hunters" [syn: {encroaching(a)}, {invasive},
              {trespassing(a)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "trespassing":
     adoption, appropriation, arrogation, assumption, breach of law,
     contravention, encroachment, entrance, entrenchment, impingement,
     imposition, incursion, infiltration, influx, infraction,
     infringement, injection, inroad, insinuation, interference,
     interjection, interloping, interposition, interposure,
     interruption, intervention, intrusion, invasion, irruption,
     lawbreaking, obtrusion, playing God, seizure, transgression,
     trespass, unlawful entry, usurpation, violation of law