| stanza | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. stanza | a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem. |
| ~ poem, verse form | a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines. |
| ~ couplet | a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed. |
| ~ octave | a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse. |
| ~ sestet | a rhythmic group of six lines of verse. |
| ~ envoi, envoy | a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry. |
| ~ quatrain | a stanza of four lines. |
| ~ spenserian stanza | a stanza with eight lines of iambic pentameter and a concluding Alexandrine with the rhyme pattern abab bcbc c.; "the Spenserian stanza was introduced by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene" |
| ~ strophe | one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama. |
| ~ antistrophe | the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem. |
| ~ text, textual matter | the words of something written.; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" |
| ~ line | text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen.; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza" |
| ~ rhyme royal | a stanza form having seven lines of iambic pentameter; introduced by Chaucer. |
| ~ ottava rima | a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc. |
| trespass | | |
| n. (act) | 1. trespass | a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages. |
| ~ civil wrong, tort | (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought. |
| ~ continuing trespass | trespass that is not transient or intermittent but continues as long as the offending object remains.; "dumping his garbage on my land was a case of continuing trespass" |
| ~ trespass de bonis asportatis | an action brought to recover damages from a person who has taken goods or property from its rightful owner. |
| ~ trespass on the case | an action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or loss.; "a person struck by a log as it was thrown onto a road could maintain trespass against the thrower but one who was hurt by stumbling over it could maintain and action on the case" |
| ~ trespass quare clausum fregit | the defendant unlawfully enters the land of the plaintiff. |
| ~ trespass viet armis | trespass with force and arms resulting in injury to another's person or property. |
| n. (act) | 2. encroachment, intrusion, trespass, usurpation, violation | entry to another's property without right or permission. |
| ~ actus reus, wrongful conduct, misconduct, wrongdoing | activity that transgresses moral or civil law.; "he denied any wrongdoing" |
| ~ inroad | an encroachment or intrusion.; "they made inroads in the United States market" |
| v. (social) | 3. intrude, trespass | enter unlawfully on someone's property.; "Don't trespass on my land!" |
| ~ breach, infract, transgress, go against, offend, violate, break | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" |
| ~ break in, break | enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act.; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"; "who broke into my account last night?" |
| v. (social) | 4. take advantage, trespass | make excessive use of.; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy" |
| ~ impinge, trench, encroach, entrench | impinge or infringe upon.; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains" |
| ~ use | seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage.; "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections" |
| v. (social) | 5. trespass | break the law. |
| ~ breach, infract, transgress, go against, offend, violate, break | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" |
| v. (social) | 6. sin, transgress, trespass | commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law. |
| ~ fall | yield to temptation or sin.; "Adam and Eve fell" |
| ~ breach, infract, transgress, go against, offend, violate, break | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" |
| v. (motion) | 7. overstep, transgress, trespass | pass beyond (limits or boundaries). |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
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