Transgress
Transgress , transitive verb
[Compare French transgresser. See Transgression.]
1.
To pass over or beyond; to surpass. [Rare]
Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law.
2.
Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the limit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral.
For man will hearken to his glozing lies,
And easily transgress the sole command.
3.
To offend against; to vex. [Obsolete]
Why give you peace to this imperate beast
That hath so long transgressed you?
Transgress , intransitive verb
To offend against the law; to sin.
Who transgressed in the thing accursed.