rare. ? Obs. [ad. L. transgress-us a passing over (u-stem), f. L. transgredī: see next. Cf. OF. transgres, 15th c. in Godef. (perh. the immediate source).] Transgression, trespass.
1578. in Scot. Poems 16th C., II. 196. There is na sanct may saif your saule Fra the transgres.
1624. Heywood, Gunaik., II. 73. There be many errors, excesses, and transgresses.
c. 1640. [Shirley], Capt. Underwit, V. ii. Well, sir, though your transgresse deserve no pardon, Yet I am charitable upon Condition.
1839. Reade, Deluge, 112. I heard a Voice that spake within, And said such transgress was a sin.
