trespass
pronunciation
How to pronounce trespass in British English:
UK [ˈtrespəs]
How to pronounce trespass in American English:
US [ˈtrespəs]
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- Noun:
- a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
- entry to another's property without right or permission
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- Verb:
- enter unlawfully on someone's property
- make excessive use of
- break the law
- commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
Word Origin
- trespass
- trespass: [13] To trespass is etymologically to ‘pass across’ something. The word was acquired from Old French trespasser, a descendant of medieval Latin trānspassāre. This was a compound verb formed from the Latin prefix trāns- ‘across’ and Vulgar Latin *passāre ‘pass’.=> pass
- trespass (v.)
- c. 1300, "transgress in some active manner, commit an aggressive offense, to sin," from Old French trespasser "pass beyond or across, cross, traverse; infringe, violate," from tres- "beyond" (from Latin trans-; see trans-) + passer "go by, pass" (see pass (v.)). Meaning "enter unlawfully" is first attested in forest laws of Scottish Parliament (c. 1455). The Modern French descendant of Old French trespasser, trépasser, has come to be used euphemistically for "to die" (compare euphemistic use of cross over, and obituary). Related: Trespassed; trespassing.
- trespass (n.)
- c. 1300, "a transgression," from Old French trespas, verbal noun from trespasser (see trespass (v.)). Related: Trespasses.
Synonym
Example
- 1. To avoid that , he lobbied for the laws against both trespass and poaching to be strengthened .
- 2. And this is the law of the trespass offering ; it is most holy .
- 3. And the priest shall make expiation for him with the ram of the trespass offering , and he will be forgiven .
- 4. And he shall bring his trespass offering to jehovah , to the entrance of the tent of meeting , a ram for a trespass offering .
- 5. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day , and seven times in a day turn again to thee , saying , I repent ; thou shalt forgive him .