different between transgressor vs transgress

English

Alternative forms

• transgressour (obsolete)

Etymology

transgress +? -or

Noun

transgressor (plural transgressors)

1. Someone who transgresses.

Related terms

• transgression
• transgressive

Translations

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /trans??res.sor/, [t??ä??s???r?s???r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /trans??res.sor/, [t???ns??r?s??r]

Noun

tr?nsgressor m (genitive tr?nsgress?ris); third declension

1. transgressor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: transgressor
• French: transgresseur
• Galician: transgresor
• Italian: trasgressore
• Portuguese: transgressor
• Spanish: transgresor

References

• transgressor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• transgressor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tr?nsgressor.

Noun

transgressor m (plural transgressores)

1. offender; transgressor (a person who commits an offence)

Adjective

transgressor m (feminine singular transgressora, masculine plural transgressores, feminine plural transgressoras, comparable)

1. transgressing (acting in violation of a rule)

Related terms

• transgredir

Further reading

• “transgressor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

English

Etymology

From Middle English transgressen, from Old French transgresser and Latin transgressus, past participle of transgred?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?ænz????s/

Verb

transgress (third-person singular simple present transgresses, present participle transgressing, simple past and past participle transgressed)

1. (transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.

   • surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law

2. (transitive) To act in violation of some law.
3. (intransitive, construed with against) To commit an offense; to sin.

   • Why give you peace to this untemperate beast / That hath so long transgressed you?

4. (intransitive, of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.

Synonyms

• (to exceed or overstep): forpass, surpass, transcend; see also Thesaurus:transcend

Related terms

• transgression
• transgressive
• transgressor

Translations