Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRES'PASS, v.i. [Norm. trespasser; tres, L. trans, beyond, and passer, to pass.]

1. Literally, to pass beyond; hence, primarily, to pass over the boundary line of another's land; to enter unlawfully upon the land of another. A man may trespass by walking over the ground of another, and the law gives a remedy for damages sustained.
2. To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another. If any man shall trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him. 1 Kings viii. See Luke xvii, 3 and 4.
3. In a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty. In the time of his disease did he trespass yet more. 2 Chron. xxviii. We have trespassed against our God. Ezra x.
4. To intrude; to go too far; to put to inconvenience by demand or importunity; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another.