All 3 Uses of
transgress
in
Wuthering Heights
- They were of the most curious character: odd transgressions that I never imagined previously.†
p. 16.4 *transgressions = acts that violate rules, promises, or social norms
- She told me she had been walking the earth these twenty years: a just punishment for her mortal transgressions, I've no doubt!'†
p. 18.9
- She obeyed his directions very punctually: perhaps she had no temptation to transgress.†
p. 220.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(transgress) to violate a rule, promise, or social norm
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely (and archaically), transgress can mean: "spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline" as in "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island."