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transgresses

verb

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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