What rests, but that the mortal sentence pass On his transgression,
death denounced that day ?
Milton.
The transgression is in the stealer.
Shak.
Syn. — Fault; offense; crime; infringement; misdemeanor; misdeed;
affront; sin.
Trans*gres"sion*al (?), a. Of pertaining to transgression; involving a
transgression.
Trans*gress"ive (?), a. [Cf. L. transgressivus passing over into
another class. F. transgressif.] Disposed or tending to transgress;
faulty; culpable. -
Trans*gress"ive*ly, adv.
Adam, perhaps, . . . from the transgressive infirmities of himself,
might have erred alone.
Sir T. Browne.
Trans*gress"or (?), n. [L.: cf. F. transgresseur.] One who
transgresses; one who breaks a law, or violates a command; one who
violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; a sinner.
The way of transgressors is hard.
Prov. xiii. 15.
Tran*shape" (?), v. t. To transshape. [R.] J. Webster (1623).
Tran*ship" (?), v. t. Same as Transship.
Tran*ship"ment (?), n. Same as Transshipment.
Trans*hu"man (?), a. [Pref. trans- + human.] More than human;
superhuman. [R.]
Words may not tell of that transhuman change.
H. F. Cary.
Trans*hu"man*ize (?), v. t. To make more than human; to purity; to
elevate above humanity. [R.]
Souls purified by sorrow and self-denial, transhumanized to the divine
abstraction of pure contemplation.
Lowell.
{ Tran"sience (?), Tran"sien*cy (?), } n. The quality of being
transient; transientness.
Tran"sient (?), a. [L. transiens, - entis, p. pr. of transire,
transitum, to go or pass over. See Trance.] 1. Passing before the sight
or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene
viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent;
not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief;
transitory; as, transient pleasure. "Measured this transient world."
Milton.
2. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a
landscape.
3. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient
guest; transient boarders. [Colloq. U. S.]
Syn. — Transient, Transitory, Fleeting. Transient represents a thing as
brief at the best; transitory, as liable at any moment to pass away.
Fleeting goes further, and represents it as in the act of taking its
flight. Life is transient; its joys are transitory; its hours are
fleeting.
What is loose love? A transient gust.