trespass

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) enPR: trĕs'pǎs, IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛspæs/, /ˈtɹæspæs/ (UK) enPR: trĕs'pəs, IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛspəs/, /ˈtɹɛspɪs/ Hyphenation: tres‧pass === Etymology 1 === Borrowed into Middle English trespas, from Old French trespas (“passage; offense against the law”), from trespasser. ==== Noun ==== trespass (countable and uncountable, plural trespasses) (law) An intentional interference with another's property or person. (archaic) sin ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English trespassen, borrowed from Old French trespasser (“to go across or over, transgress”), from tres- (“across, over”) + passer (“to pass”). ==== Verb ==== trespass (third-person singular simple present trespasses, present participle trespassing, simple past and past participle trespassed) (intransitive, now rare) To commit an offence; to sin. Synonym: transgress (transitive, obsolete) To offend against, to wrong (someone). (intransitive) To go too far; to put someone to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude. Synonym: cross the line (law) To enter someone else's property illegally. (obsolete) To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go. Synonyms: exceed, surpass, transcend 1523–1525, Jean Froissart, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (translator), Froissart's Chronicles Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce […] trespassed out of this uncertain world. (transitive, law, especially New Zealand) To subject [someone] to a trespass notice, formally notifying them that they are prohibited from entry to a property, such that any current or future presence there will constitute trespass, (especially) criminal trespass ===== Derived terms ===== trespasser ===== Translations ===== ===== References ===== === Further reading === “trespass”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “trespass”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “trespass”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “trespass”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === pastress, sparsest