Tres"ayle` (trs"l`), n. [F. trisaïeul, from L. tris, tres, three + F.
aïeul grandfather. Cf. Besaiel, and see Ayle.] A grandfather's
grandfather. [Obs.]
Writ of tresayle (O. Eng. Law), a writ which lay for a man claiming as
heir to his grandfather's grandfather, to recover lands of which he had
been deprived by an abatement happening on the ancestor's death. Mozley
& W.
Tres"or (?), n. Treasure. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Tres"pass (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trespassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Trespassing.] [OF. trespasser to go across or over, transgress, F.
trépasser to die; pref. tres- (L. trans across, over) + passer to pass.
See Pass, v. i., and cf. Transpass.] 1. To pass beyond a limit or
boundary; hence, to depart; to go. [Obs.]
Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . . trespassed out of this
uncertain world.
Ld. Berners.
2. (Law) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land
of another.
3. To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or
importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of
another.
4. 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;
hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or
command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; — often followed by
against.
In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord.