trespassn.

Brit.

/ˈtrɛspəs/, U.S.

/ˈtrɛspəs/,

/ˈtrɛˌspæs/

Forms: Middle English–1600s trespas, (Middle English trispas, trispase), Middle English–1500s trespace, Middle English–1600s trespasse, (Middle English truspas, trespaas, 1500s tresspas, treaspas), 1600s– trespass. β. Middle English trepas, trepase, plural -pasis.

Etymology: Middle English trespas , < Old French trespas passing across, passage, transgression of an order or law, offence, verbal noun < trespasser , modern French trépasser to pass away, die: see trespass v. The legal application of the words seems specially English.

1. A transgression; a breach of law or duty; an offence, sin, wrong; a fault.

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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > wrongful deed > [noun]

misdeedeOE

guilt971

evilOE

follya1275

trespassc1290

errorc1330

illa1340

untetchea1375

offencec1384

crimec1390

forfeit1393

faultc1400

demerit1485

disorder1581

misfeasancea1626

misactiona1667

trespassage1874

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > transgression or offending > a transgression

trespassc1290

overgoinga1382

debaurd1671

trespassage1874

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 23/152 He [St. Dunstan]..for-ȝaf hem [his servants] heore trespas..And a-soylede hem of heore sunnes.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 171 Þei did a foule trespas, it was vnsemly þing.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. vi. 14 Ȝif ȝee shulen forȝeue to men her synnys, and ȝoure heuenly fadir shal forȝeue to ȝou ȝoure trespassis.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 822 Furst shulde he bie dere þat trespace [rhyme grace].

c1440 Alphabet of Tales 502 In þat mene while..it [a soul] mot hafe done suche penance for þe truspas at it had done, at it mot hafe bene delyverd fro payn.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. vi. f. vij^v And [= if] ye wyll not forgeve men there trespases, nomore shall youre father forgeve youre treaspases.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. vi. f. vij^v And forgeve vs oure treaspases, even as we forgeve them which treaspas vs.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 267 Be plainer with me, let me know my Trespas .

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 179 I lookt upon it as a Trespass against human prudence, to run the hazard a second time of being hindered to go into the Indies.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xii. 208 Trespass, in it's largest and most extensive sense, signifies any transgression or offence against the law of nature, of society, or of the country in which we live.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert v, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 178 My head..is at your imperial command, prompt to pay for the unbecoming trespass of my tongue.

2. Law. In a wide sense, Any violation or transgression of the law; spec. one not amounting to treason, felony, or misprision of either.

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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > violation of law > a violation of the law

law-breachOE

trespassc1290

transgression1426

delict?1473

irregularity1483

infringement1628

violation1870

moving violation1931

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > trespass

trespass to persona1425

trespass on the case1429

trespass to landc1455

trespass1553

trespass to goods1590

trespassing1886

c1290 Beket 462 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 119 It nas neuere lawe ne riȝt, double dom to take For o trespas.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 50 Edrik was hanged on þe toure, for his trispas.

1421 Coventry Leet Bk. 24 Noo Osteler bake no maner of bred in hur houses, nodur mannys bred ne horse~bred, to sell, up the payne of vj s. viij d. at every trespas.

1428 Surtees Misc. (1888) 5 His trespas of forgeyng and utteryng of fals osmunds and castyng of fals tyn.

1472–5 Rolls of Parl. VI. 157/1 Trespasses doon with force and armes ayenst your peas.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 49 Sometimes a man is accused of felonye, and yet he proueth his offence to be but a trespace.

1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 211 The word Trespasse..comprehends every violation of the Law. But our discreet Lawyers call only private crimes Trespasses, and make distinctions even amongst these.

1895 F. Pollock & F. W. Maitland Hist. Eng. Law II. ii. viii. §3. 510 Trespass (transgressio) is the most general term that there is; it will cover all or almost all wrongful acts and defaults. Every felony, says Bracton, is a trespass, though every trespass is not a felony. In a narrower sense therefore trespass is used [in 13th c.] as a contrast to felony.

β. c1308 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 197 Of feloni hi ne taketh hede, Al thilk trepas is a-go.

3. Law. spec. Any actionable wrong committed against the person or property of another; also short for action of trespass.

a. trespass to person n.

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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > trespass

trespass to persona1425

trespass on the case1429

trespass to landc1455

trespass1553

trespass to goods1590

trespassing1886

a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 29391 Of him þat dose a light trispase To prest or clerk vnwitandly.

1444 Coventry Leet Bk. 203 In satisfaccion of the trespas doon to hym the tyme þat he was beeton.

1767 J. Comyns Digest Laws Eng. V. 534 Trespass to the Person may be by Menace, Assault, Battery or Mayhem.

1822 Hammond Comyns' Digest VII. 495 A throws a squib among the people at a market, it lights near B who throws it from him, C does the same, and it strikes D and puts out his eye: D has trespass vi et armis against A.

1876 F. Pollock Leading Cases 17 And now 'gainst Shepherd, for loss of eye, Question is, whether trespass will lie.

b. trespass to goods n.

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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > trespass

trespass to persona1425

trespass on the case1429

trespass to landc1455

trespass1553

trespass to goods1590

trespassing1886

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > invasion of another's rights, tort, or damage > against movable goods

trespass to goods1590

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes iv. f. 183 If the testator make diuerse executors, and do bequeath to the one of them the residue of his goodes;..if the other executor enter thereunto, hee is subiect to an action of trespasse.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 257 He may bring an action of trespass for taking away his goods.

1909 W. S. Holdsworth Hist. Eng. Law III. 271 The place of appeal was taken by the semi-criminal action of trespass de bonis asportatis.

1913 Halsbury's Laws Eng. XXVII. 865 The gist of an action of trespass is an unlawful taking or removing or damaging of a personal chattel.

c. trespass to land n. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another, with damage (however inconsiderable) to his real property.

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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > trespass

trespass to persona1425

trespass on the case1429

trespass to landc1455

trespass1553

trespass to goods1590

trespassing1886

c1455 Forest Lawis c. 21 in Acts Parl. Scot. (1844) I. 692 Of trespas in forest of Baron.

1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 43/2 Noo persone nor persones, which have taken any..profittes of any of the premisses, or have entred and doon trespas.]

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xii. 209 In the limited and confined sense..it signifies no more than an entry on another man's ground without a lawful authority, and doing some damage, however inconsiderable, to his real property... Every unwarrantable entry on another's soil the law entitles a trespass by breaking his close.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 319 Thus if a person grants a piece of ground in the middle of his estate; he at the same time impliedly grants a way to it, and the grantee may pass over the land of the grantor..without being guilty of a trespass.

d. trespass on the case n. a form of action now obsolete in which the damage complained of is a result not immediate, but consequential of an unlawful act. So called from the Latin name of the writs (brevia de transgressione super casum) under which it was brought; also the name of the writ itself.

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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > trespass

trespass to persona1425

trespass on the case1429

trespass to landc1455

trespass1553

trespass to goods1590

trespassing1886

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > a lawsuit > other types of action

mort d'ancestora1325

trespass on the case1429

action of detinue1467

mortancestry1471

replevin1515

non-finding1525

nisi prius1533

faint action1542

interpleadera1558

improbationc1575

assize1577

assumpsit1586

transitory action1594

trover1594

suit of the King's peace1607

detinuea1626

quia timet1628

choke-baila1637

reprobator1672

spulyie1678

petitory action1681

proprium1695

restitution of conjugal rights1720

amicable suit1768

noxal action1774

real action1818

witness action1892

class suit1894

non-jury1897

foreclosure action1905

class action1910

derivative action1934

paternity suit1945

1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 346/1 Speciall actions of dette or trespasse uppon her cas.

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 257 If not that it bee a trespasse upon the case, and then the words Vi et armis are left out, and in lieu thereof the writ shal say in the end thereof, Contra pacem.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. viii. 122 This action, of trespass, or trangression, on the case, is an universal remedy, given for all personal wrongs and injuries without force..so called, because the plaintiff's whole case or cause of complaint is set forth at length in the original writ.

1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. Comm. 473 What was done by the introduction of the action of Trespass on the Case, was exactly analogous to what the praetors did.

1888 F. Pollock in Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 454 In the 16th century, a special form of ‘trespass on the case’ became, under the name of assumpsit, the common and normal method of enforcing contracts not made by deed, and remained so till the middle of the present century.

4. A passing beyond some limit. Now generally associated with trespass v. 4. rare.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [noun] > passing beyond a point or limit

trespass16..

transgression1623

overshooting1795

overrunning1867

overrun1902

overtravel1923

16.. Jolly Pinder of Wakefield ii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 131 There is neither knight or squire..Dare make a trespasse to the town of Wakefield.

1681 P. Bellon tr. F. de Monginot New Myst. Physick 46 Some small Trespasses beyond the Rules of Physick.

1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher I. 49 He was frequently involved in scrapes for harmless frolics and trespasses out of bounds.

5. An encroachment, intrusion on or upon: cf. trespass v. 5.

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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > infringement of rights, etc.

intrusion1433

intruseryc1470

attainmentc1503

encroachment1523

encroaching1539

trenching1543

infringinga1575

usurpationa1626

entrenching1629

entrenchment1635

invasion1650

impingement1671

infringement1673

trespass1769

usurpature1845

1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. II. 23 Mankind are ever most offended at any trespass on ceremony.

1799 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 287 I know the extent of this trespass on your tranquillity.

1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 575 Would not a publication of this kind be a species of trespass on the board of health, lately instituted in Ireland?

1830 W. E. Gladstone Let. 4 Aug. in J. Morley Life Gladstone (1903) I. App. 639 One trespass more I must make on your patience.

Compounds

General attributive.

trespass act n.

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1906 F. S. Oliver Alexander Hamilton II. iii. 121 By this victory he smashed the Trespass Act.

trespass-board n. board n. 2b.

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1908 Nation 21 Nov. 299/1 These writers have a disregard of all trespass-boards.

trespass-chiding adj.

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1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 96 Boys that slink From ferule and the trespass-chiding eye.

trespass-fine n.

trespass money n.

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1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings xii. 16 The trespasse money, and sinne money was not brought into the house of the Lord.

trespass-offering n. (cf. sin-offering n.)

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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > of animal

sin-offering1535

trespass-offering1535

animal sacrifice1686

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lev. v. 15 Yf a soule trespace..he shal brynge his trespaceofferinge vnto the Lorde.

1845 J. Kitto Cycl. Biblical Lit. I. at Adultery Bringing a trespass offering (a ram) to the door of the tabernacle, to be offered in his behalf by the priest.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

trespassv.

Forms: Middle English–1500s trespas, trespace, trespasse, (Middle English trispas, 1500s treaspas), 1500s– trespass. β. Middle English–1500s trepasse, 1500s trepase.

Etymology: < trespass n.; or < Old French trespasser to pass beyond or across, modern French trépasser to pass away, die, Provençal tras- , tres- , trapassar , Spanish traspasar , Italian trapassare , medieval Latin transpassare to pass beyond, < Latin trans beyond (French très ) + passare , etc. to pass adj. (The chief sense in English attaches itself rather to the English noun than to the French verb.)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtrespass.

a. intransitive. To commit a transgression or offence; to transgress, offend; to sin. Also figurative.

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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [verb (intransitive)]

guiltc825

misdoOE

misfereOE

misnimc1225

trespass1303

forfeita1325

misguiltc1330

misworka1375

transverse1377

offendc1384

mistakec1390

faulta1400

commit1449

misprize1485

digress1541

transgress1662

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do evil or wrong [verb (intransitive)] > transgress or offend

guiltc825

sinc825

to break a bruchec1225

trespass1303

forfeita1325

folly1357

misworka1375

transverse1377

offendc1384

mistakec1390

faulta1400

commit1449

misprize1485

transgress1526

digress1541

misdeal1573

to commit (also do, make) an offence1841

overstep1931

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 4250 He..Þat may, and wyl nat, here hys messe,..he trespasyþ more yn þe lay.

13.. Seuyn Sag. (W.) 3921 I trispast namare than did he.

1382 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 514 Summe prelatis þat trespaceden.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 153 He had i-trespassed.

a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 1062 Yf he had trespaste oght.

1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. I3^v Not vnto him that neuer hath trespast, But punishment is due to the offender.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. ix. 264 Father Schedoni would be the last among us so to trespass.

1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner i. 112 I trespassed lately worse than ever.

β. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (Add. MS.) 98 Ȝif þat þe blode trepasse [Ashm. MS. trespace] onlye in qualyte, amende hym.

b. Const. against (†to, unto, for).

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1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1217 Þou hast trespast apertly Aȝens þys comaundment so hy.

?a1366 Romaunt Rose 1036 Who so durste to hir trespace, Or til hir folk, in werk or dede.

c1380 Antecrist in Todd 3 Treat. Wyclif (1851) 135 He preied forȝyveness of his Fadre for hem þat trespassedd for hym.

c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋911 Ye haue mysborn yow and trespassed vn-to me.

1426 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 7 I haue nought trespassed a-geyn noon of these iij.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. lxii To forgyue them that haue trespaced the.

1770 E. Burke Thoughts Present Discontents 78 He trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his watch.

1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 81 He would not..trespass against the law and the canons.

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

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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [verb (transitive)] > by committing an offence

overgoOE

aguiltOE

misguiltc1330

erra1340

offenda1387

trespass14..

commit1445

commisea1475

offence1512

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [verb (transitive)]

trespass14..

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do wrongfully or amiss [verb (transitive)]

aguiltOE

misdoOE

misworkc1300

sinc1315

usec1330

erra1340

trespass14..

14.. Eng. Fragm. Med. Service-Bks. 8 To forȝeue alle maner of men and women þat þey haue trespased to the.

14.. Eng. Fragm. Med. Service-Bks. 9 Alle þe sennes that i haue trespased aȝens the wilful passioun of oure lord.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 553 For he thoucht that he suld amend That he trespassit had.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 229^v The offense euen of it self was hainous & besides that, trespaced in the emperours owne doughter.

1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. I4^v The faults, which life hath trespassed.

1631 T. May tr. J. Barclay Mirrour of Mindes i. 25 It begins to censure with much rigour, the trespassed errours of the same.

†3.

a. To transgress, violate (a law, etc.) Obsolete. [So in Old French]

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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > break the law [verb (transitive)]

breakOE

exceed1393

violate?a1475

trespass1484

infringe1533

contravene1567

outrage1655

transgress1660

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xlvii. 69 She had trespaced his commaundement.

a1536 W. Tyndale Pathway Holy Script. in Wks. (1573) I. 385/2 To punish vs if we trespasse the law and good order.

1613 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. i. (1650) 223 I must not so much trespasse Vertue, as to overpasse one memorable particular.

β. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxiii. 323 These lordes and knightes..durst nat trepase the popes commaundement.

†b. To offend against, wrong, violate (a person). Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to

werdec725

wema1000

evilc1000

harmc1000

hinderc1000

teenOE

scathec1175

illc1220

to wait (one) scathec1275

to have (…) wrong1303

annoya1325

grievec1330

wrong1390

to do violence to (also unto)a1393

mischievea1393

damagea1400

annulc1425

trespass1427

mischief1437

poisonc1450

injurea1492

damnify1512

prejudge1531

misfease1571

indemnify1583

bane1601

debauch1633

lese1678

empoison1780

misguggle1814

nobble1860

strafe1915

to dick up1951

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > deprive of chastity [verb (transitive)] > rape

to do (a) shamec1275

afforcec1330

beforcec1375

misusea1382

oppressa1382

enforcec1386

ravisha1387

forcea1400

betravaila1425

trespass1427

supprisea1450

violatec1450

viole?c1450

stuprate?1526

devour1530

stupre1548

constuprate1550

rape1574

suppress1590

harry1591

constrain1594

abripe1623

obstuprate1658

spoil1678

to rip off1967

1427–8 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 294 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 If ony man shal trespasse or lyby ony nurishe or apprentise.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclxxx. 420 They had greatly trespassed the prince, wherof than they repented them, but than they coulde not remedy it.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. vi. f. vij^v And forgeve vs oure treaspases, even as we forgeve them which treaspas vs.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xix. 7 At the least thou hast trespassed me.

4. Law. intransitive. To commit a trespass (see trespass n. 2); spec. to enter unlawfully on the land of another, or on that which is the property or right of another. Const. on, upon.

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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [verb (intransitive)] > trespass

trespassc1455

purpress1500

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > in unwelcome or unwarranted manner

to trench into (unto)1621

top1664

trespass1720

barge1911

muscle1929

c1455 Forest Lawis c. 21 in Acts Parl. Scot. (1844) I. 692 Item gif a fre man hapyn to trespas [L. delinquat] in þe forest of ony baroun to quham þe king be fre charter has granted a forest... All þat is fundin with him trespassand in þe forest.

1590 [implied in: H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 237 Whosoeuer as a meere trespasser, entereth into the goods of the testator. (at trespasser n. 2)].

1651 [implied in: W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 231 The party following them [stray beasts], and endeavouring to keep them from committing Damages, is no Trespasser. (at trespasser n. 2)].

1720 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 253 Each Virtue kept it's proper Bound, Nor Trespass'd on the other's Ground.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Trespass, 2. to enter unlawfully on another's ground.

1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. vi. 189 The lad answered, ‘It was the king's wood, and he would punish him with death, if he trespassed there.’

1844 in Ashbee Last Rec. Cotswold Commun. (1904) 37 Pd. Wm. Hands for..preventing Cattle from Trespassing on the Corn 4 weeks. 4 s.

1858 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? iii. viii I trust we are not trespassing.

1880 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 535/1 If he is..trespassing with intent to catch or kill game, he may in some cases be apprehended and given into custody... If..A.'s cattle trespass on B's land, B can impound them.

figurative.1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 201 No pearl Will trespass down those cheeks.

5. intransitive. figurative with on or upon: To make an improper or uninvited inroad on (a person's time, attention, patience, etc.); to intrude on or upon the rights or domain of; to encroach on, infringe.

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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] > infringe or encroach on

attaina1382

pinchc1400

accroach1423

usurp1447

to usurp on or upon1493

invade?1521

encroachc1534

jetc1590

enjamb1600

to trench on or upon1622

trench1631

trample1646

to gain on or upon1647

trespass1652

impose1667

impinge1758

infringe1769

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > intervene between [verb (transitive)] > intrude upon or interfere with

trespass1652

top1664

interlope1701

1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 274 I am afraid that I have trespassed a little upon the patience of the Reader.

1663 J. Heath Flagellum (ed. 2) 5 Herein he trespassed upon that respect and lenity due and usual to Children of his Birth and quality.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 244 We made bold..to trespass upon the Country for a few Horses.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 53 Fearing that I have already trespassed on the limits of your Journal.

a1881 A. Barratt Physical Metempiric (1883) 206 Science is on those occasions trespassing on Metempiric, and is talking about things of which it cannot possibly know anything.

†6. intransitive (in form trepass.) To pass beyond this life; to die. Also transitive in to trepass this life. trepassed, deceased. (The only sense in which this vb. is preserved in modern French) Obsolete. rare.

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the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)]

forsweltc888

sweltc888

adeadeOE

deadc950

wendeOE

i-wite971

starveOE

witea1000

forfereOE

forthfareOE

forworthc1000

to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE

queleOE

fallOE

to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE

to shed (one's own) blood?a1100

diec1135

endc1175

farec1175

to give up the ghostc1175

letc1200

aswelta1250

leavea1250

to-sweltc1275

to-worthc1275

to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290

finea1300

spilla1300

part?1316

to leese one's life-daysa1325

to nim the way of deathc1325

to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330

flit1340

trance1340

determinec1374

disperisha1382

to go the way of all the eartha1382

to be gathered to one's fathers1382

miscarryc1387

shut1390

goa1393

to die upa1400

expirea1400

fleea1400

to pass awaya1400

to seek out of lifea1400–50

to sye hethena1400

tinea1400

trespass14..

espirec1430

to end one's days?a1439

decease1439

to go away?a1450

ungoc1450

unlivec1450

to change one's lifea1470

vade1495

depart1501

to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513

to decease this world1515

to go over?1520

jet1530

vade1530

to go westa1532

to pick over the perch1532

galpa1535

to die the death1535

to depart to God1548

to go home1561

mort1568

inlaikc1575

shuffle1576

finish1578

to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587

relent1587

unbreathe1589

transpass1592

to lose one's breath1596

to make a die (of it)1611

to go offa1616

fail1623

to go out1635

to peak over the percha1641

exita1652

drop1654

to knock offa1657

to kick upa1658

to pay nature her due1657

ghost1666

to march off1693

to die off1697

pike1697

to drop off1699

tip (over) the perch1699

to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703

sink1718

vent1718

to launch into eternity1719

to join the majority1721

demise1727

to pack off1735

to slip one's cable1751

turf1763

to move off1764

to pop off the hooks1764

to hop off1797

to pass on1805

to go to glory1814

sough1816

to hand in one's accounts1817

to slip one's breatha1819

croak1819

to slip one's wind1819

stiffen1820

weed1824

buy1825

to drop short1826

to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839

to get one's (also the) call1839

to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840

to unreeve one's lifeline1840

to step out1844

to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845

to hand in one's checks1845

to go off the handle1848

to go under1848

succumb1849

to turn one's toes up1851

to peg out1852

walk1858

snuff1864

to go or be up the flume1865

to pass outc1867

to cash in one's chips1870

to go (also pass over) to the majority1883

to cash in1884

to cop it1884

snuff1885

to belly up1886

perch1886

to kick the bucket1889

off1890

to knock over1892

to pass over1897

to stop one1901

to pass in1904

to hand in one's marble1911

the silver cord is loosed1911

pip1913

to cross over1915

conk1917

to check out1921

to kick off1921

to pack up1925

to step off1926

to take the ferry1928

peg1931

to meet one's Maker1933

to kiss off1935

to crease it1959

zonk1968

cark1977

to cark it1979

to take a dirt nap1981

14.. [implied in: 14.. in Wars Eng. in France (1864) II. 523 Incontynent aftir his [Henry V's] trespasement..Johne, duc of Bedforde..was made regente. (at trespassement n.)].

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) vii. 17 It is .vii. yere syns he trepasyd thys lyfe.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xx. 29 As soone as I am trepassed out of this worlde.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xx. 29 Soone after thys, noble Robert de Bruse, Kyng of Scotland, trepassed out of this vncertayne worlde.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxix. 305 To gyue ayde and helpe, and to recomforte his cosyn, the wyfe of therle Charles trepassed.

Derivatives

ˈtrespassed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > carrying out > [adjective] > executed or performed > of something bad

perpetrate1472

perpetrated1552

committed1555

trespassed1631

1631Trespassed [see sense 2].

ˈtrespassing adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [adjective] > trespass

trespassable1677

trespassing1731

trespassory1888

1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 157 A very good Crop (except Part of it, which being eaten by the trespassing Sheep..was somewhat blighted).

a1805 D. Gilson Serm. Pract. Subj. (1807) xiv. 265 One trespassing Egyptian might thrust him away.

a1824 G. C. Renouard Ceylon in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 445/2 As all trespassing beasts are forfeited, the poor natives who live in the neighbourhood of plantations, are often deterred from rearing cattle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	trespass
释义	trespassn. Brit. /ˈtrɛspəs/, U.S. /ˈtrɛspəs/, /ˈtrɛˌspæs/ Forms: Middle English–1600s trespas, (Middle English trispas, trispase), Middle English–1500s trespace, Middle English–1600s trespasse, (Middle English truspas, trespaas, 1500s tresspas, treaspas), 1600s– trespass. β. Middle English trepas, trepase, plural -pasis. Etymology: Middle English trespas , < Old French trespas passing across, passage, transgression of an order or law, offence, verbal noun < trespasser , modern French trépasser to pass away, die: see trespass v. The legal application of the words seems specially English. 1. A transgression; a breach of law or duty; an offence, sin, wrong; a fault. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > wrongful deed > [noun] misdeedeOE guilt971 evilOE follya1275 trespassc1290 errorc1330 illa1340 untetchea1375 offencec1384 crimec1390 forfeit1393 faultc1400 demerit1485 disorder1581 misfeasancea1626 misactiona1667 trespassage1874 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > transgression or offending > a transgression trespassc1290 overgoinga1382 debaurd1671 trespassage1874 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 23/152 He [St. Dunstan]..for-ȝaf hem [his servants] heore trespas..And a-soylede hem of heore sunnes. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 171 Þei did a foule trespas, it was vnsemly þing. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. vi. 14 Ȝif ȝee shulen forȝeue to men her synnys, and ȝoure heuenly fadir shal forȝeue to ȝou ȝoure trespassis. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 822 Furst shulde he bie dere þat trespace [rhyme grace]. c1440 Alphabet of Tales 502 In þat mene while..it [a soul] mot hafe done suche penance for þe truspas at it had done, at it mot hafe bene delyverd fro payn. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. vi. f. vij^v And [= if] ye wyll not forgeve men there trespases, nomore shall youre father forgeve youre treaspases. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. vi. f. vij^v And forgeve vs oure treaspases, even as we forgeve them which treaspas vs. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 267 Be plainer with me, let me know my Trespas . View more context for this quotation 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 179 I lookt upon it as a Trespass against human prudence, to run the hazard a second time of being hindered to go into the Indies. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xii. 208 Trespass, in it's largest and most extensive sense, signifies any transgression or offence against the law of nature, of society, or of the country in which we live. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert v, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 178 My head..is at your imperial command, prompt to pay for the unbecoming trespass of my tongue. 2. Law. In a wide sense, Any violation or transgression of the law; spec. one not amounting to treason, felony, or misprision of either. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > violation of law > a violation of the law law-breachOE trespassc1290 transgression1426 delict?1473 irregularity1483 infringement1628 violation1870 moving violation1931 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > trespass trespass to persona1425 trespass on the case1429 trespass to landc1455 trespass1553 trespass to goods1590 trespassing1886 c1290 Beket 462 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 119 It nas neuere lawe ne riȝt, double dom to take For o trespas. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 50 Edrik was hanged on þe toure, for his trispas. 1421 Coventry Leet Bk. 24 Noo Osteler bake no maner of bred in hur houses, nodur mannys bred ne horse~bred, to sell, up the payne of vj s. viij d. at every trespas. 1428 Surtees Misc. (1888) 5 His trespas of forgeyng and utteryng of fals osmunds and castyng of fals tyn. 1472–5 Rolls of Parl. VI. 157/1 Trespasses doon with force and armes ayenst your peas. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 49 Sometimes a man is accused of felonye, and yet he proueth his offence to be but a trespace. 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 211 The word Trespasse..comprehends every violation of the Law. But our discreet Lawyers call only private crimes Trespasses, and make distinctions even amongst these. 1895 F. Pollock & F. W. Maitland Hist. Eng. Law II. ii. viii. §3. 510 Trespass (transgressio) is the most general term that there is; it will cover all or almost all wrongful acts and defaults. Every felony, says Bracton, is a trespass, though every trespass is not a felony. In a narrower sense therefore trespass is used [in 13th c.] as a contrast to felony. β. c1308 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 197 Of feloni hi ne taketh hede, Al thilk trepas is a-go. 3. Law. spec. Any actionable wrong committed against the person or property of another; also short for action of trespass. a. trespass to person n. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > trespass trespass to persona1425 trespass on the case1429 trespass to landc1455 trespass1553 trespass to goods1590 trespassing1886 a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 29391 Of him þat dose a light trispase To prest or clerk vnwitandly. 1444 Coventry Leet Bk. 203 In satisfaccion of the trespas doon to hym the tyme þat he was beeton. 1767 J. Comyns Digest Laws Eng. V. 534 Trespass to the Person may be by Menace, Assault, Battery or Mayhem. 1822 Hammond Comyns' Digest VII. 495 A throws a squib among the people at a market, it lights near B who throws it from him, C does the same, and it strikes D and puts out his eye: D has trespass vi et armis against A. 1876 F. Pollock Leading Cases 17 And now 'gainst Shepherd, for loss of eye, Question is, whether trespass will lie. b. trespass to goods n. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > trespass trespass to persona1425 trespass on the case1429 trespass to landc1455 trespass1553 trespass to goods1590 trespassing1886 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > invasion of another's rights, tort, or damage > against movable goods trespass to goods1590 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes iv. f. 183 If the testator make diuerse executors, and do bequeath to the one of them the residue of his goodes;..if the other executor enter thereunto, hee is subiect to an action of trespasse. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 257 He may bring an action of trespass for taking away his goods. 1909 W. S. Holdsworth Hist. Eng. Law III. 271 The place of appeal was taken by the semi-criminal action of trespass de bonis asportatis. 1913 Halsbury's Laws Eng. XXVII. 865 The gist of an action of trespass is an unlawful taking or removing or damaging of a personal chattel. c. trespass to land n. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another, with damage (however inconsiderable) to his real property. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > trespass trespass to persona1425 trespass on the case1429 trespass to landc1455 trespass1553 trespass to goods1590 trespassing1886 c1455 Forest Lawis c. 21 in Acts Parl. Scot. (1844) I. 692 Of trespas in forest of Baron. 1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 43/2 Noo persone nor persones, which have taken any..profittes of any of the premisses, or have entred and doon trespas.] 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xii. 209 In the limited and confined sense..it signifies no more than an entry on another man's ground without a lawful authority, and doing some damage, however inconsiderable, to his real property... Every unwarrantable entry on another's soil the law entitles a trespass by breaking his close. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 319 Thus if a person grants a piece of ground in the middle of his estate; he at the same time impliedly grants a way to it, and the grantee may pass over the land of the grantor..without being guilty of a trespass. d. trespass on the case n. a form of action now obsolete in which the damage complained of is a result not immediate, but consequential of an unlawful act. So called from the Latin name of the writs (brevia de transgressione super casum) under which it was brought; also the name of the writ itself. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > trespass trespass to persona1425 trespass on the case1429 trespass to landc1455 trespass1553 trespass to goods1590 trespassing1886 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > a lawsuit > other types of action mort d'ancestora1325 trespass on the case1429 action of detinue1467 mortancestry1471 replevin1515 non-finding1525 nisi prius1533 faint action1542 interpleadera1558 improbationc1575 assize1577 assumpsit1586 transitory action1594 trover1594 suit of the King's peace1607 detinuea1626 quia timet1628 choke-baila1637 reprobator1672 spulyie1678 petitory action1681 proprium1695 restitution of conjugal rights1720 amicable suit1768 noxal action1774 real action1818 witness action1892 class suit1894 non-jury1897 foreclosure action1905 class action1910 derivative action1934 paternity suit1945 1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 346/1 Speciall actions of dette or trespasse uppon her cas. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 257 If not that it bee a trespasse upon the case, and then the words Vi et armis are left out, and in lieu thereof the writ shal say in the end thereof, Contra pacem. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. viii. 122 This action, of trespass, or trangression, on the case, is an universal remedy, given for all personal wrongs and injuries without force..so called, because the plaintiff's whole case or cause of complaint is set forth at length in the original writ. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. Comm. 473 What was done by the introduction of the action of Trespass on the Case, was exactly analogous to what the praetors did. 1888 F. Pollock in Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 454 In the 16th century, a special form of ‘trespass on the case’ became, under the name of assumpsit, the common and normal method of enforcing contracts not made by deed, and remained so till the middle of the present century. 4. A passing beyond some limit. Now generally associated with trespass v. 4. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [noun] > passing beyond a point or limit trespass16.. transgression1623 overshooting1795 overrunning1867 overrun1902 overtravel1923 16.. Jolly Pinder of Wakefield ii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 131 There is neither knight or squire..Dare make a trespasse to the town of Wakefield. 1681 P. Bellon tr. F. de Monginot New Myst. Physick 46 Some small Trespasses beyond the Rules of Physick. 1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher I. 49 He was frequently involved in scrapes for harmless frolics and trespasses out of bounds. 5. An encroachment, intrusion on or upon: cf. trespass v. 5. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > infringement of rights, etc. intrusion1433 intruseryc1470 attainmentc1503 encroachment1523 encroaching1539 trenching1543 infringinga1575 usurpationa1626 entrenching1629 entrenchment1635 invasion1650 impingement1671 infringement1673 trespass1769 usurpature1845 1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. II. 23 Mankind are ever most offended at any trespass on ceremony. 1799 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 287 I know the extent of this trespass on your tranquillity. 1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 575 Would not a publication of this kind be a species of trespass on the board of health, lately instituted in Ireland? 1830 W. E. Gladstone Let. 4 Aug. in J. Morley Life Gladstone (1903) I. App. 639 One trespass more I must make on your patience. Compounds General attributive. trespass act n. ΚΠ 1906 F. S. Oliver Alexander Hamilton II. iii. 121 By this victory he smashed the Trespass Act. trespass-board n. board n. 2b. ΚΠ 1908 Nation 21 Nov. 299/1 These writers have a disregard of all trespass-boards. trespass-chiding adj. ΚΠ 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 96 Boys that slink From ferule and the trespass-chiding eye. trespass-fine n. trespass money n. ΚΠ 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings xii. 16 The trespasse money, and sinne money was not brought into the house of the Lord. View more context for this quotation trespass-offering n. (cf. sin-offering n.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > of animal sin-offering1535 trespass-offering1535 animal sacrifice1686 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lev. v. 15 Yf a soule trespace..he shal brynge his trespaceofferinge vnto the Lorde. 1845 J. Kitto Cycl. Biblical Lit. I. at Adultery Bringing a trespass offering (a ram) to the door of the tabernacle, to be offered in his behalf by the priest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). trespassv. Forms: Middle English–1500s trespas, trespace, trespasse, (Middle English trispas, 1500s treaspas), 1500s– trespass. β. Middle English–1500s trepasse, 1500s trepase. Etymology: < trespass n.; or < Old French trespasser to pass beyond or across, modern French trépasser to pass away, die, Provençal tras- , tres- , trapassar , Spanish traspasar , Italian trapassare , medieval Latin transpassare to pass beyond, < Latin trans beyond (French très ) + passare , etc. to pass adj. (The chief sense in English attaches itself rather to the English noun than to the French verb.)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtrespass. 1. a. intransitive. To commit a transgression or offence; to transgress, offend; to sin. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [verb (intransitive)] guiltc825 misdoOE misfereOE misnimc1225 trespass1303 forfeita1325 misguiltc1330 misworka1375 transverse1377 offendc1384 mistakec1390 faulta1400 commit1449 misprize1485 digress1541 transgress1662 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do evil or wrong [verb (intransitive)] > transgress or offend guiltc825 sinc825 to break a bruchec1225 trespass1303 forfeita1325 folly1357 misworka1375 transverse1377 offendc1384 mistakec1390 faulta1400 commit1449 misprize1485 transgress1526 digress1541 misdeal1573 to commit (also do, make) an offence1841 overstep1931 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 4250 He..Þat may, and wyl nat, here hys messe,..he trespasyþ more yn þe lay. 13.. Seuyn Sag. (W.) 3921 I trispast namare than did he. 1382 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 514 Summe prelatis þat trespaceden. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 153 He had i-trespassed. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 1062 Yf he had trespaste oght. 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. I3^v Not vnto him that neuer hath trespast, But punishment is due to the offender. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. ix. 264 Father Schedoni would be the last among us so to trespass. 1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner i. 112 I trespassed lately worse than ever. β. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (Add. MS.) 98 Ȝif þat þe blode trepasse [Ashm. MS. trespace] onlye in qualyte, amende hym. b. Const. against (†to, unto, for). ΚΠ 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1217 Þou hast trespast apertly Aȝens þys comaundment so hy. ?a1366 Romaunt Rose 1036 Who so durste to hir trespace, Or til hir folk, in werk or dede. c1380 Antecrist in Todd 3 Treat. Wyclif (1851) 135 He preied forȝyveness of his Fadre for hem þat trespassedd for hym. c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋911 Ye haue mysborn yow and trespassed vn-to me. 1426 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 7 I haue nought trespassed a-geyn noon of these iij. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. lxii To forgyue them that haue trespaced the. 1770 E. Burke Thoughts Present Discontents 78 He trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his watch. 1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 81 He would not..trespass against the law and the canons. †2. transitive with the matter of the trespass as object: To do (something wrong); to commit. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [verb (transitive)] > by committing an offence overgoOE aguiltOE misguiltc1330 erra1340 offenda1387 trespass14.. commit1445 commisea1475 offence1512 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [verb (transitive)] trespass14.. society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do wrongfully or amiss [verb (transitive)] aguiltOE misdoOE misworkc1300 sinc1315 usec1330 erra1340 trespass14.. 14.. Eng. Fragm. Med. Service-Bks. 8 To forȝeue alle maner of men and women þat þey haue trespased to the. 14.. Eng. Fragm. Med. Service-Bks. 9 Alle þe sennes that i haue trespased aȝens the wilful passioun of oure lord. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 553 For he thoucht that he suld amend That he trespassit had. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 229^v The offense euen of it self was hainous & besides that, trespaced in the emperours owne doughter. 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. I4^v The faults, which life hath trespassed. 1631 T. May tr. J. Barclay Mirrour of Mindes i. 25 It begins to censure with much rigour, the trespassed errours of the same. †3. a. To transgress, violate (a law, etc.) Obsolete. [So in Old French] ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > break the law [verb (transitive)] breakOE exceed1393 violate?a1475 trespass1484 infringe1533 contravene1567 outrage1655 transgress1660 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xlvii. 69 She had trespaced his commaundement. a1536 W. Tyndale Pathway Holy Script. in Wks. (1573) I. 385/2 To punish vs if we trespasse the law and good order. 1613 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. i. (1650) 223 I must not so much trespasse Vertue, as to overpasse one memorable particular. β. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxiii. 323 These lordes and knightes..durst nat trepase the popes commaundement. †b. To offend against, wrong, violate (a person). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to werdec725 wema1000 evilc1000 harmc1000 hinderc1000 teenOE scathec1175 illc1220 to wait (one) scathec1275 to have (…) wrong1303 annoya1325 grievec1330 wrong1390 to do violence to (also unto)a1393 mischievea1393 damagea1400 annulc1425 trespass1427 mischief1437 poisonc1450 injurea1492 damnify1512 prejudge1531 misfease1571 indemnify1583 bane1601 debauch1633 lese1678 empoison1780 misguggle1814 nobble1860 strafe1915 to dick up1951 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > deprive of chastity [verb (transitive)] > rape to do (a) shamec1275 afforcec1330 beforcec1375 misusea1382 oppressa1382 enforcec1386 ravisha1387 forcea1400 betravaila1425 trespass1427 supprisea1450 violatec1450 viole?c1450 stuprate?1526 devour1530 stupre1548 constuprate1550 rape1574 suppress1590 harry1591 constrain1594 abripe1623 obstuprate1658 spoil1678 to rip off1967 1427–8 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 294 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 If ony man shal trespasse or lyby ony nurishe or apprentise. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclxxx. 420 They had greatly trespassed the prince, wherof than they repented them, but than they coulde not remedy it. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. vi. f. vij^v And forgeve vs oure treaspases, even as we forgeve them which treaspas vs. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xix. 7 At the least thou hast trespassed me. 4. Law. intransitive. To commit a trespass (see trespass n. 2); spec. to enter unlawfully on the land of another, or on that which is the property or right of another. Const. on, upon. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [verb (intransitive)] > trespass trespassc1455 purpress1500 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > in unwelcome or unwarranted manner to trench into (unto)1621 top1664 trespass1720 barge1911 muscle1929 c1455 Forest Lawis c. 21 in Acts Parl. Scot. (1844) I. 692 Item gif a fre man hapyn to trespas [L. delinquat] in þe forest of ony baroun to quham þe king be fre charter has granted a forest... All þat is fundin with him trespassand in þe forest. 1590 [implied in: H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 237 Whosoeuer as a meere trespasser, entereth into the goods of the testator. (at trespasser n. 2)]. 1651 [implied in: W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 231 The party following them [stray beasts], and endeavouring to keep them from committing Damages, is no Trespasser. (at trespasser n. 2)]. 1720 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 253 Each Virtue kept it's proper Bound, Nor Trespass'd on the other's Ground. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Trespass, 2. to enter unlawfully on another's ground. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. vi. 189 The lad answered, ‘It was the king's wood, and he would punish him with death, if he trespassed there.’ 1844 in Ashbee Last Rec. Cotswold Commun. (1904) 37 Pd. Wm. Hands for..preventing Cattle from Trespassing on the Corn 4 weeks. 4 s. 1858 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? iii. viii I trust we are not trespassing. 1880 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 535/1 If he is..trespassing with intent to catch or kill game, he may in some cases be apprehended and given into custody... If..A.'s cattle trespass on B's land, B can impound them. figurative.1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 201 No pearl Will trespass down those cheeks. 5. intransitive. figurative with on or upon: To make an improper or uninvited inroad on (a person's time, attention, patience, etc.); to intrude on or upon the rights or domain of; to encroach on, infringe. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] > infringe or encroach on attaina1382 pinchc1400 accroach1423 usurp1447 to usurp on or upon1493 invade?1521 encroachc1534 jetc1590 enjamb1600 to trench on or upon1622 trench1631 trample1646 to gain on or upon1647 trespass1652 impose1667 impinge1758 infringe1769 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > intervene between [verb (transitive)] > intrude upon or interfere with trespass1652 top1664 interlope1701 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 274 I am afraid that I have trespassed a little upon the patience of the Reader. 1663 J. Heath Flagellum (ed. 2) 5 Herein he trespassed upon that respect and lenity due and usual to Children of his Birth and quality. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 244 We made bold..to trespass upon the Country for a few Horses. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 53 Fearing that I have already trespassed on the limits of your Journal. a1881 A. Barratt Physical Metempiric (1883) 206 Science is on those occasions trespassing on Metempiric, and is talking about things of which it cannot possibly know anything. †6. intransitive (in form trepass.) To pass beyond this life; to die. Also transitive in to trepass this life. trepassed, deceased. (The only sense in which this vb. is preserved in modern French) Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] forsweltc888 sweltc888 adeadeOE deadc950 wendeOE i-wite971 starveOE witea1000 forfereOE forthfareOE forworthc1000 to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE queleOE fallOE to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE to shed (one's own) blood?a1100 diec1135 endc1175 farec1175 to give up the ghostc1175 letc1200 aswelta1250 leavea1250 to-sweltc1275 to-worthc1275 to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290 finea1300 spilla1300 part?1316 to leese one's life-daysa1325 to nim the way of deathc1325 to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330 flit1340 trance1340 determinec1374 disperisha1382 to go the way of all the eartha1382 to be gathered to one's fathers1382 miscarryc1387 shut1390 goa1393 to die upa1400 expirea1400 fleea1400 to pass awaya1400 to seek out of lifea1400–50 to sye hethena1400 tinea1400 trespass14.. espirec1430 to end one's days?a1439 decease1439 to go away?a1450 ungoc1450 unlivec1450 to change one's lifea1470 vade1495 depart1501 to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513 to decease this world1515 to go over?1520 jet1530 vade1530 to go westa1532 to pick over the perch1532 galpa1535 to die the death1535 to depart to God1548 to go home1561 mort1568 inlaikc1575 shuffle1576 finish1578 to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587 relent1587 unbreathe1589 transpass1592 to lose one's breath1596 to make a die (of it)1611 to go offa1616 fail1623 to go out1635 to peak over the percha1641 exita1652 drop1654 to knock offa1657 to kick upa1658 to pay nature her due1657 ghost1666 to march off1693 to die off1697 pike1697 to drop off1699 tip (over) the perch1699 to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703 sink1718 vent1718 to launch into eternity1719 to join the majority1721 demise1727 to pack off1735 to slip one's cable1751 turf1763 to move off1764 to pop off the hooks1764 to hop off1797 to pass on1805 to go to glory1814 sough1816 to hand in one's accounts1817 to slip one's breatha1819 croak1819 to slip one's wind1819 stiffen1820 weed1824 buy1825 to drop short1826 to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839 to get one's (also the) call1839 to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840 to unreeve one's lifeline1840 to step out1844 to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845 to hand in one's checks1845 to go off the handle1848 to go under1848 succumb1849 to turn one's toes up1851 to peg out1852 walk1858 snuff1864 to go or be up the flume1865 to pass outc1867 to cash in one's chips1870 to go (also pass over) to the majority1883 to cash in1884 to cop it1884 snuff1885 to belly up1886 perch1886 to kick the bucket1889 off1890 to knock over1892 to pass over1897 to stop one1901 to pass in1904 to hand in one's marble1911 the silver cord is loosed1911 pip1913 to cross over1915 conk1917 to check out1921 to kick off1921 to pack up1925 to step off1926 to take the ferry1928 peg1931 to meet one's Maker1933 to kiss off1935 to crease it1959 zonk1968 cark1977 to cark it1979 to take a dirt nap1981 14.. [implied in: 14.. in Wars Eng. in France (1864) II. 523 Incontynent aftir his [Henry V's] trespasement..Johne, duc of Bedforde..was made regente. (at trespassement n.)]. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) vii. 17 It is .vii. yere syns he trepasyd thys lyfe. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xx. 29 As soone as I am trepassed out of this worlde. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xx. 29 Soone after thys, noble Robert de Bruse, Kyng of Scotland, trepassed out of this vncertayne worlde. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxix. 305 To gyue ayde and helpe, and to recomforte his cosyn, the wyfe of therle Charles trepassed. Derivatives ˈtrespassed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > [adjective] > executed or performed > of something bad perpetrate1472 perpetrated1552 committed1555 trespassed1631 1631Trespassed [see sense 2]. ˈtrespassing adj. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [adjective] > trespass trespassable1677 trespassing1731 trespassory1888 1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 157 A very good Crop (except Part of it, which being eaten by the trespassing Sheep..was somewhat blighted). a1805 D. Gilson Serm. Pract. Subj. (1807) xiv. 265 One trespassing Egyptian might thrust him away. a1824 G. C. Renouard Ceylon in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 445/2 As all trespassing beasts are forfeited, the poor natives who live in the neighbourhood of plantations, are often deterred from rearing cattle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1290v.1303
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