trespassed

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trespassed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Trespass \Tres"pass\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trespassed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Trespassing.] [OF. trespasser to go across or
     over, transgress, F. tr['e]passer to die; pref. tres- (L.
     trans across, over) + passer to pass. See Pass, v. i., and
     cf. Transpass.]
     1. To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to
        go. [Obs.]
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              Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . .
              trespassed out of this uncertain world. --Ld.
                                                    Berners.
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     2. (Law) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon
        the land of another.
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     3. 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.
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     4. 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.
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              In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more
              against the Lord.                     --2 Chron.
                                                    xxviii. 22.
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