Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . .
trespassed out of this uncertain world. --Ld.
Berners.
2. (Law) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon
the land of another.
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.
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.
In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more
against the Lord. --2 Chron.
xxviii. 22.
I you forgive all wholly this trespass. --Chaucer.
If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will
your Father forgive your trespasses. --Matt. vi.
15.
2. Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any
violation of a known rule of duty; sin.
The fatal trespass done by Eve. --Milton.
You . . . who were dead in trespasses and sins.
--Eph. if. 1.
3. (Law)
(a) An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi
et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights
of another.
(b) An action for injuries accompanied with force.
{Trespass offering} (Jewish Antiq.), an offering in expiation
of a trespass.
{Trespass on the case}. (Law) See {Action on the case}, under
{Case}.
Syn: Offense; breach; infringement; transgression;
misdemeanor; misdeed.