transitive. figurative. To pass (a conceptual or moral limit); to transgress. Obsolete.

transitive. To do (something wrong or sinful), to commit (a sin).

transitive. To do (something) wrong or amiss. Also intransitive.

transitive. To do (a thing) wrongly or sinfully; to make a mistake or commit a fault in. Chiefly passive. Obsolete.

transitive. To sin against; to wrong (a person); to violate or transgress (a law, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive with the matter of the trespass as object: To do (something wrong); to commit. Obsolete.

transitive. To carry out (a reprehensible act); to perpetrate (a crime, sin, offence, etc.).

transitive. To perform, carry out (an act); esp. (in a negative sense) to commit, perpetrate (a crime, offence, etc.). Cf. commit, v. 9.

transitive. = offend, v. Also intransitive.