trespassとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Borrowed into Middle English trespas, from Old French trespas (“passage; offense against the law”), from trespasser.

名詞

trespass (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 trespasses)

1. (law) An intentional interference with another's property or person.
   • 2019 December 18, Andrew Roden, “New measurements reveal improvement in punctuality”, in Rail, page 24:

     External infrastructure issues such as severe weather and trespass caused 17.1% of [train] cancellations, [...].

   • 2020 June 17, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 71:

     Network Rail has produced a free downloadable comic highlighting the consequences of railway trespass. Between March 23 and April 26, there were 1,024 trespass incidents on the railway. [...] it is based on the company's award-winning safety film 18, which shows the dangers of trespass, especially around electrified lines.

2. (archaic) sin
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 6:14–15:

     Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us

派生語

関連する語

語源 2

From Old French trespasser (“to go across または over, transgress”), from tres- (“across, over”) + passer (“to pass”).

動詞

trespass (三人称単数 現在形 trespasses, 現在分詞 trespassing, 過去形および過去分詞形 trespassed)

1. (intransitive, now rare) To commit an offence; to sin.

   Synonym: transgress

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 28:22:

     In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To offend against, to wrong (someone).
   • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew vj:[14]]:

     And forgeve us oure trespases, even as we forgeve them which trespas us.

3. (intransitive) To go too far; to put someone to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude.

   Synonym: cross the line

   to trespass upon the time or patience of another

   • 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:

     "Indeed I have, sir," was her answer. "She is a great deal too ill to be moved. Mr. Jones says we must not think of moving her. We must trespass a little longer on your kindness."

4. (law) To enter someone else's property illegally.
5. (obsolete) To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.

   Synonyms: exceed, surpass, transcend

   • 1523–1525, Jean Froissart, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (translator), Froissart's Chronicles

     Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce […] trespassed out of this uncertain world.

6. (transitive) To decree that a person shall be arrested for trespassing if he or she returns to someone else's land.

   The dean trespassed the streaker from his university.

   • 1996 April 16, Glenn Campbell, “Another Business Office Found”, in The Groom Lake Desert Rat‎^[1], number 35, Rachel, NV, archived from the original on 23 February 1998:

     "You were trespassing on private property when you were taking pictures," he said, with no hint of courtesy. "I must trespass you. Come with me."

   • 2012 June 21, Greg O'Connor, “Criminal trespasses police officers”, in Stuff‎^[2]:

     The entire police force has in effect been trespassed from a Wellington property to stop officers checking whether a heavy-sleeping offender is complying with an overnight bail curfew.

派生語

• trespasser

Further reading

• “trespass”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “trespass”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• trespass at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “trespass”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

アナグラム

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