v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Trespassed p. pr. & vb. n. Trespassing. ] [ OF. trespasser to go across or over, transgress, F. trépasser 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . . trespassed out of this uncertain world. Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Law) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord. 2 Chron. xxviii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ] |