Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

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. — Dryden
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. — Milton
3.
To offend against; to vex. [Obsolete]
Why give you peace to this imperate beast That hath so long transgressed you? — Beau. & Fl

Transgress , intransitive verb

To offend against the law; to sin.
Who transgressed in the thing accursed. — I Chron. ii. 7