trespast
English
Etymology
Verb
trespast
- (obsolete) simple past and past participle of trespass
- 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Virgils Gnat”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
- Into the same mishap I now am cast,
And shun'd destruction doth destruction render
Not unto him that never hath trespast,
But punishment is due to the offender.