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/trˈɛspˌæsɪŋ/ /trˈɛspəsɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Trespass v. i. (past & past part. trespassed; pres. part. trespassing)

To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go. (Obs.) "Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce... trespassed out of this uncertain world."

(Law) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another.

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.

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. "In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord."

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"Trespassing" Quotes from Famous Books

... a sense of surging rage. The Pavilion was his. It was old and vine-covered, and hallowed by a thousand memories. And here was Dalton trespassing with his tables and chairs and his Canton teapot. What right had George Dalton to bring a Canton ...

— The Trumpeter Swan • Temple Bailey

... tell you, West," suggested Remsen, "you come in with us and supply the picturesque element of the business. You might look after the golf cases, you know; injuries to bald-headed gentlemen by gutties; trespassing by players; forfeiting of leases, and so forth. What ...

— The Half-Back • Ralph Henry Barbour

... me, I cannot write to you without wishing to elicit your genius, and I fear I cannot do that without trespassing on your ...

— Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters - A Family Record • William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

... polygamy, were difficult to extirpate; there are even in this day very few churches dedicated to St. Anthony, a saint who does not seem to interest or convince the Bohemians. Adalbert carried his ideals farther afield, to the country of the heathen Prussians, who killed him for trespassing on ground dedicated to one of their deities. Adalbert became the third saint and martyr of Bohemian origin, and was adopted by the Poles ...

— From a Terrace in Prague • Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker

... another long and strong pull, but chiefly because of Urquhart and his immense decency. Success was Urquhart's role; one did not willingly imagine him failing. If heroes fail, one must not let them know it. Peter shut his eyes, and, through his rather sick vision of trespassing rabbits popping in and out through holes in a fence, knew that Urquhart's arms were carrying him very strongly and easily and gently. He hoped he wasn't too heavy. He would have said that he could ...

— The Lee Shore • Rose Macaulay

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