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preterˈgress, v. rare.
Also præter-.
[f. L. prætergress-, ppl. stem of prætergredī to walk past, go by, surpass, f. præter, preter- + gredī to step.]
1. trans. To go beyond (bounds); to surpass.
1596P. Barrough Meth. Physick v. xxv. 346 It keepeth within the precincts of his libertie, which if it shall once pretergresse..it is no longer to be called melancholie, but some other humour. 1851Neale Med. Hymns 98 Tree..Every other prætergressing Both in bloom and bud and flower.
†2. To go outside of. Obs.
1615Jackson Creed iv. ii. viii. §5 If some sins there be, as Roman Catholics teach, only besides the law, in doing them we do not transgress the law, but rather prætergress or go besides it. |