transgress

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
  2. (transitive) To act in violation of some law.
  3. (intransitive) To commit an offense; to sin.
  4. (intransitive) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/tɹænzˈɡɹɛs/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English transgressen, from Old French transgresser and Latin transgressus, past participle of transgredior.

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